TABLE 2.

Subculture of bile esculin-positive and -negative BEA VAN_15μg/ml broth cultures^a

Subculture resultb	No. of isolates with BEA VAN15μg/ml broth result after incubation of:
	24 h		48 h
	BE+	BE−	BE+	BE−
No growth	10	17	11	11
Growth
Not VRE	6	10	15	6
VRE	1	1	2	0

^aAbbreviations: BE⁺ bile esculin-positive reaction (i.e., broth turns black) (n = 45); BE⁻, bile esculin-negative reaction.

^bBroth subcultured to BEA VAN_6μg/ml agar after 24 and 48 h.