Neonatal meningitis is an illness with potentially devastating consequences. Early identification of potential risk factors for Gram-negative rod (GNR) infections versus Gram-positive cocci (GPC) ...
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a high frequency of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative rods (GNRs) in two of the largest neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in ...
Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 7, Supplement 4. Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacterial Infections: A Focus on Directed Therapy, with Special Reference to Aztreonam (Nov. - Dec., 1985), pp. S690-S695 (6 ...
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 25, Supplement 2. Proceedings of the 1996 Meeting of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas (Sep., 1997), pp. S107-S110 (4 pages) During our studies of the bacterial ...
Compared with other urine analysis methods, urine Gram stain has a moderate predictive value for detecting gram-negative bacteria in urine culture but does not significantly improve urinary tract ...
There are many ways of classifying bacteria. One method is based on the cell membrane. In 1884, a bacteriologist named Christian Gram created a test that could determine if a bacterium had a thick, ...