ANTIBIOTICS AND SURFACE DISINFECTANT INDUCE VBNC AND EMERGENCE OF RESISTANCE IN HOSPITAL-ASSOCIATED PATHOGENS

Intro: In an unfavorable environment, bacteria improvise living strategy by ceasing growth and reducing metabolism to attain Viable But Non-Culturable (VBNC) state. Once these bacteria find a favorable environment, they resume growth process. In the last few decades, researchers have demonstrated th...

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Main Authors: M. Yadav, C. Singhal, S. Babbar, S. Tanwar, S. Awasthi, S. Pandey, S. Dhyani, P. Joshi, D. Kumar, A. Chauhan, S. Gupta, N. Kumar, R. Dwivedi, S. Chaudhuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971223003727