Seven days of antibiotics was noninferior to 14 days for treating Gram-negative bloodstream infections, supporting shorter ...

Infections caused by gram-negative bacilli typically occur in the lungs, in the urinary tract, at surgical sites, and in the bloodstream and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality.

The emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii as a cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia and the increasing rates of infections with other multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli, such as Klebsiella ...

On October 1, a spinal tap yielded a milky fluid containing 90,000 polymorphonuclears per cubic millimeter. Gram-negative encapsulated bacilli were seen in the smear, and culture showed K. pneumoniae.

Some gram-negative bacilli, or GNB, are inherently resistant to certain antibiotics. Others acquire resistance spontaneously due to random mutations, as well as by transference of resistance genes ...

In recent years, a notable increase in antibiotic resistance among Gram-negative bacteria has been reported, especially in critically ill patients. 6 These infections are associated with increased ...

Moderate/heavy purulence in TA was predictive of a positive TC with Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) with 70% ... for which they underwent sepsis work-up. Three had blood stream infection, 5 ...

Blood cultures drawn on day 12 and performed within the UTHCI revealed growth of a gram-negative bacterium resistant to ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, and third-generation cephalosporins but sensitive ...

--Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc., an innovator in rapid in vitro diagnostics for microbiology, today announced the submission of its Accelerate WAVE™ system and positive blood culture gram ...

Bacteremia, or blood poisoning, occurs when bacteria overcome the body’s immune defenses. Bacteremia can worsen into sepsis, a condition that accounts for more than 1 in 3 hospital deaths per ...