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Can Vancomycin Screen Agar be used for the testing of Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

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Can Vancomycin Screen Agar be used for the testing of Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

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No. Vancomycin Screen Agar contains 6g/mL of vancomycin. This medium has not been approved for testing vancomycin resistance in S. aureus, which is considered resistant at a different level of vancomycin.

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