Two years ago, a group of infants died at the university hospital and it was found to be Gram-negative bacteria that caused their death. The Gram-negative bacteria turn into pink color and ...

Tomb of Giuliano de'Medici in the New Sacristy (Medici Chapel), San Lorenzo, Florence (photo via Richard Mortel's Flickrstream) In these epidemic days, it’s easy to paint all microbial organisms in a ...

Compared with other urine analysis methods, urine Gram stain has a moderate predictive value for detecting gram-negative bacteria in urine culture but does not significantly improve urinary tract ...

Gram-negative meningitis is a form of meningitis. The term gram-negative refers to a way of differentiating bacteria. This type of bacteria is typically resistant to drugs and most available ...

Baseline labs can be normal and without evidence of leukocytosis or azotemia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained by lumbar puncture (LP) is essential for the diagnosis of meningitis. The rare but ...

Chemists have developed a fluorescent probe, BacGo that can detect Gram-positive bacteria precisely and promptly. The research team used bacterial sludge from wastewater for the demonstration ...