Experts divide them into Gram-positive cocci or bacilli, depending on their shape. Key characteristics of Gram-positive bacteria. ... It means they are more resistant to antibiotics and other drugs.

Gram-positive cocci rapidly became resistant to ciprofloxacin (susceptibility around 70% in 1990 to less than 20% in 1998) but sensitivity to glycopeptides remained unaltered.

Blood cultures drawn when she was admitted grew three organisms: Staphylococcus aureus, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, and Gram-positive cocci in chains. The Gram-positive cocci had pinpoint growth, ...

The sensitivity and specificity of Gram stain for "many" bacteria were 51.3% and 91.0%, respectively, with an accuracy of 76.8%. Gram stain showed a positive ... .4% for gram-positive cocci.

Of the 55 (14% of 383) positive follow-up blood cultures, 43 (78%) grew gram-positive cocci, and eight (15%) grew gram-negative bacilli. The presence of fever on the day of follow-up blood ...

The antibiotic telavancin was generally well tolerated and had a safety profile similar to vancomycin in patients with cancer and bloodstream infections. Skip to navigation Skip to main content.

WASHINGTON — Topical dapsone gel showed in vitro activity against gram-positive cocci, according to data presented at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.“Topical dapsone gel is ...

NOVOBIOCIN (Cathomycin) is a new antibiotic isolated from cultures of Streptomyces spheroides 1 and effective in vitro against a variety of gram-positive bacteria. 2,3 Among the gram-positive ...