VRE AGAR BASE (VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI AGAR)

Enterococci usually occur as the normal flora in the intestines of mammals. The presence of enterococci is an indication of faecal contamination. The increasing development of multiple resistance towards antibiotics particularly vancomycin by enterococci is a serious threat to the world. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is the name given to a group of bacterial species of the genus Enterococcus that are resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin. Vancomycin resistanct Enterococci Agar is formulated as per the recommendations of Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the selective isolation of vancomycin resistant enterococci.

for the isolation of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and High Level Aminoglycoside Resistant Enterococci (HLARE) from clinical samples