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Vancomycin resistance is maintained in enterococci in the viable but nonculturable state and after division is
Maria Mar Lleò1, Barbara Bonato, Caterina Signoretto
1Dipartimento di Patologia-Sezione di Microbiologia, Università di Verona, Italy. mlleo@univr.it
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|February 27, 2003
Abstract:
Stressed vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can activate a survival strategy known as the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state and are able to maintain vancomycin resistance. During restoration of division they continue to express the vancomycin resistance trait. We suggest that VBNC enterococci may constitute further reservoirs of VRE and therefore represent an additional risk for human health.