CHROMID VRE 2 10P

chromIDÔ VRE Agar is a selective chromogenic medium for the detection of E. faecium and E. faecalis showing acquired vancomycin resistance (VRE), in at risk patients (1).

chromIDÔ VRE agar enables the differentation of Enterococcus faecium and E. faecalis.

The E. faecium and E. faecalis with acquired vancomycin resistance (mainly genotypes vanA and vanB) are multi-resistant bacteria which can be responsible for health care associated infections (2). The detection of this resistance is particularly important for the prevention and epidermiological surveillance of these infections and also to prevent emergence of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), by transmission of the vanA gene (3, 4).

The medium is not a substitute for the conventional methods of antimicrobial susceptibility test methods.