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Difference Between Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacillus

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, ...
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Association of Respiratory Tract Colonization with Adherence of Gram-Negative Bacilli to Epithelial Cells

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 ...
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The ABCs of antimicrobial drug resistance in gram-negative bacilli

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 ...
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Plasmids as Epidemiologic Markers in Nosocomial Gram-Negative Bacilli: Experience at a University and Review of the Literature

Bacterial plasmids have become valuable markers for the comparison of strains of nosocomial gram-negative bacilli. The importance of plasmids in nosocomial infections is primarily due to their ...
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Pipeline or pipe dream: New antibiotics for multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antibiotic resistance is a health care concern that has been recognized since the invention of antibiotics. In ...
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Epidemiology and Genetics of VIM-type Metallo-β-lactamases in Gram-negative Bacilli

† 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 ...