What is the general upper detection limit CFU/ml for Enterococcus faecium?

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How do you determine the upper detection limit for E. faecium?

If there are too many to count on the plate, can I suggest that there are >25,000 CFU/ml for example? - or would that be too much

Vit Mateju

There does not exist upper limit. You can perform dilution if necessary. So even if the count is very high, you can perform dilution as you need without upper limit.

Best regards

Vit

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