Gram-positive

How To Use Gram-positive In A Sentence

• Rhococcus equi, a gram-positive bacterium, is a facultative intracellular coccobacillus that causes bronchopneumonia in foals aged 1 to 6 months. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
• I am not a microbiologist, but my responsibilities at work often require that I understand the difference between a cocci and a rod, Gram-negative and a Gram-positive, and which organisms are "objectionable". Staphylococcus aureus
• If antibiotics are required, one that is active against gram-positive organisms such as penicillinase-resistant penicillins, cephalosporins, macrolides, or fluoroquinolones should be chosen.
• This enzyme kills gram-positive bacteria by lysing their cell wall, notes Johnson.
• Dexamethasone therapy should be continued following test results only if gram-positive diplococci are found in the CSF Gram stain, or if cultures reveal Streptococcus pneumoniae.
• A gram-positive coccus was isolated from the bone marrow of a 5-year-old patient with leukemia.
• It has been approved for certain gram-positive infections including certain drug-resistant enterococcus, staphylococcus, and pneumococcus strains.
• They exhibit important technological properties, e.g. thermostability and retaining of activity at a wide pH range, which along with the bactericidal action against Gram-positive food spoilage and pathogenic bacteria, make them an important class of biopreservatives. BioMed Central - Latest articles
• The second-generation quinolones have increased gram-negative activity, as well as some gram-positive and atypical pathogen coverage.
• The majority of flora isolated were gram-positive cocci, including coagulase-negative staphylococci and micrococci, present in all positive cultures.