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.

The recently described drugs platensimycin and platencin, which were shown to target key FASII enzymes FabB/F and/or FabH, displayed potent activities against Gram-positive cocci including ...

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 ...

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 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.

“Vancomycin is used for treatment of serious infection due to Gram-positive cocci including methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections, brain abscess, staphylococcal meningitis and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...