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, ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some gram-negative bacilli, or GNB, are inherently resistant to certain antibiotics. Others acquire resistance ...
OBJECTIVE: Tracheal aspirates (TAs) from mechanically ventilated very low birth weight (VLBW) infants are frequently obtained during the evaluation of suspected sepsis, tracheitis, or ...
Motile, anaerobic gram-negative bacilli belonging to the genera Butyrivibrio, Succinimonas, Succinivibrio, Anaerovibrio, Wolinella, Campylobacter, Desulfovibrio, Selenomonas, and Anaerobiospirillum ...
† VIMs are made up of 266 amino acid residues with the exception of VIM-7 (265 residues) and VIM-18 (262 residues). VIM-21, -22 and -27 have been assigned in the Lahey Clinic [201], but there are no ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Compromised patients are predisposed to the acquisition of the more resistant gram-negative bacilli from the hospital environment. In ...
Nine species (240 strains) of gram-negative bacilli were studied; 221 were freshly isolated from the urinary and intestinal tracts, wounds and abscesses. Thirteen strains of salmonella and 6 of ...
Chotiprasitsakul and colleagues [1] performed a retrospective cohort study at three medical centers comparing clinical outcomes of adults with Enterobacteriaceae bacteremia treated with a short course ...