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 ...
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 ...
Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, No. 1, Cefoxitin: Biochemical, Pharmacologic, Microbiologic and Clinical Properties (Jan. - Feb., 1979), pp. 175-182 (8 pages) A nosocomial outbreak of ...
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) ...
Bacterial species, and even specific strains can be differentiated using a number of molecular techniques such as PCR, quantitative PCR, genome sequencing and mass spectrometry. But even without ...
Gram-positive bacteria show blue or purple after Gram-staining in a laboratory test. They have thick cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria show pink or red on staining and have thin walls. They release ...