These bacterial strains present a thickening of the cell wall, which is believed to reduce the ability of vancomycin to diffuse into the division septum of the cell required for effective vancomycin treatment.
Estas cepas bacterianas presentan un engrosamento da parede celular, que se cre reduce a capacidade de difusión da vancomicina no septo de división da célula necesario para o tratamento efectivo con vancomicina.