Table 2

 Maximum growth rate and lag phase duration for VRE and VSE

Maximum growth rate (ΔOD595/min)Lag phase duration (min)
Values are mean (SD).
OD595, optical density at 595nm; VRE, vancomycin resistant enterococci; VSE, vancomycin sensitive enterococci.
All VRE0.85 (0.12)71.4 (16.8)
All VSE0.86 (0.17)81.1 (19.1)
vanB E faecium0.85 (0.08)77.5 (20.6)
VSE E faecium0.98 (0.17)80.9 (14.5)