Laboratory Contamination of Specimens with Quality Control Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Ontario-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Laboratory Contamination of Specimens with Quality Control Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Ontario

Published:2002-07 Issue:7 Volume:40 Page:2686-2688
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Katz K. C.¹,McGeer A.¹,Low D. E.¹,Willey B. M.¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology, Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

ABSTRACT Cross-contamination with laboratory control strains of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis was documented in 15 clinical specimens from nine clinical microbiology laboratories in Ontario, Canada. Laboratories should be alert to the possibility of contamination of specimens with vancomycin-resistant enterococci from the laboratory environment. Molecular typing of strains may assist in elucidating the source of such contamination.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.40.7.2686-2688.2002

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