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Antimicrobial Resistance
Survivability of vancomycin-resistant enterococci examined
August 26th, 2005
Scientists examine the survivability of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and fitness cost of vancomycin resistance acquisition in a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Pathology. Researchers in Australia conducted a study "to investigate the survivability of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) under dry starvation conditions and the fitness cost of vancomycin resistance. VRE colonies on cotton swabs were incubated at room temperature in a sterile box and cultured weekly until cultures no longer showed growth. Negative swabs inoculated into brain heart infusion (BHI) broth were subcultured to blood agar after 24, 48, and 72 hours of incubation to...
Source: Drug Week (2005-08-26)
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