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Typically this is used in long term care facilities and hospitals to test for VRE (vancomycin resistant enterococcus). Enterococcus is normal intestinal flora and can also be found on skin, vancomycin resistant strains are considered pathogenic

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It is selective. Only organisms that are vancomycin resistant can grow on your plate.

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