RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Colonial variation in vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 474
OP 475
DO 10.1136/jcp.46.5.474
VO 46
IS 5
A1 L W Baillie
A1 J J Wade
A1 M W Casewell
YR 1993
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/46/5/474.abstract
AB Vancomycin resistant enterococci are increasingly being isolated from inpatients. This report describes the colonial variation present in most isolates of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium obtained at this hospital. Colonial variants within the same culture were indistinguishable by antimicrobial susceptibility, biochemical reactions, and ribotyping. Failure to appreciate this colonial variation will lead to pure cultures being regarded as contaminated or mixed.