A 1.5 Hour Procedure for Identification of Enterococcus Species Directly from Blood CulturesMargie A. Morgan 1, Elizabeth Marlowe 2, Susan Novak-Weekly 2, J.M. Miller 2, T.M. Painter 3, Hossein Salimnia 3, Benjamin Crystal 4
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Cente, 2Pasadena, CA, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 3Detroit, Detroit Medical Center, 4Woburn, MA, AdvanDx
A rapid protocol for the direct identification of Enterococcus faecalis and other Enterococcus species from a positive blood culture using a Peptide Nucleic Acid fluorescent in situ hybridization assay (PNA FISH).
