Microscopy of bronchial aspirate showing gram-positive bacilli. A 71-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) developed fever, anorexia, and shortness of breath.

They are gram positive bacteria that are small round in shape (cocci) and occur as clusters appearing like a bunch of grapes on electron microscopy. Staphylococcus were earlier divided into two ...

Experts divide them into Gram-positive cocci or bacilli, depending on their shape. Gram-negative bacteria have different structures. They have a far thinner layer of peptidoglycan, which is why ...

infections versus Gram-positive cocci (GPC) infection prior to obtaining final culture results is of value in order to appropriately guide expirical therapy. We sought to compare laboratory and ...

WASHINGTON — Topical dapsone gel showed in vitro activity against gram-positive cocci, according to data presented at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting. To assess in vitro ...

the PPV was only 38.4% for gram-positive cocci. In the catheter subgroup, the presence of monomorphic bacteria quantified as "many" had a higher PPV for diagnosing a UTI than the presence of ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria. It stains Gram positive and is non-moving small round shaped or non-motile cocci. It is found in grape-like (staphylo-) clusters. This is why it is ...