Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Negative (that is, resistant) to Gram's stain. See
stain .
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- adjective Alternative form of
gram-negative .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
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Examples
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KPC is part of the so-called Gram-negative group of bacteria, which also includes E. coli and Pseudomonas.
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Greece also doesn't have so-called Gram-negative bacteria with gene mutations known as NDM, IMP and OXA-48, which are common elsewhere, Pournaras said.
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Greece also doesn't have so-called Gram-negative bacteria with gene mutations known as NDM, IMP and OXA-48, which are common elsewhere, Pournaras said.
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KPC is part of the so-called Gram-negative group of bacteria, which also includes E. coli and Pseudomonas.
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Over the next five to six years, these new clinical trials will evaluate treatment alternatives for diseases for which antibiotics are prescribed most often, including acute otitis media (middle ear infections), community-acquired pneumonia and diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria, which frequently are resistant to first-line antibiotics.
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Comparing pharmacodynamic guidance of therapy, based on the drug's effect on the body, versus standard of care for Gram-negative bacteremia
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics NIH/NIAID 2010
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Over the next five to six years, these new clinical trials will evaluate treatment alternatives for diseases for which antibiotics are prescribed most often, including acute otitis media (middle ear infections), community-acquired pneumonia and diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria, which frequently are resistant to first-line antibiotics.
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics NIH/NIAID 2010
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Comparing pharmacodynamic guidance of therapy, based on the drug's effect on the body, versus standard of care for Gram-negative bacteremia
Antimicrobial Resistance: 8 Large NIH Trials Seek To Preserve The Usefulness Of Antibiotics The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But now, says the Lancet paper, clinical microbiologists increasingly agree that multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, which thrive in the gut, pose the greatest risk to public health.
Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria 2010
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Is this the perfect storm - an exploding population of opportunistic Gram-negative bacteria (some natural, some not), millions of gallons of food (oil) for the bacteria, and a susceptible population of stressed-out people?
Riki Ott: Bio-Remediation or Bio-Hazard? Dispersants, Bacteria & Illness in the Gulf 2010
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