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, ...

Some gram-negative bacilli, or GNB, are inherently resistant to certain antibiotics. Others acquire resistance spontaneously due to random mutations, as well as by transference of resistance genes ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 139, No. 6 (Jun., 1979), pp. 667-673 (7 pages) Factors that promote oropharyngeal colonization of seriously ill patients with gramnegative bacilli are as yet ...

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 ...