A team led by Paul Hergenrother at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has discovered a new antibiotic that exclusively targets gram-negative bacteria and avoids wiping out the ecosystem ...

Infection control standards need to be followed closely to prevent the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant infections. Gram-negative bacteria have a hard, protective outer shell.

studies with community-acquired Gram-negative infections were included only for the outcomes of length of stay and cost. Patients had to have been given empiric antibiotic therapy prior to the ...

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) said it has received FDA approval for the intravenous antibiotic treatment Emblaveo ... including those caused by certain susceptible Gram-negative microorganisms, according ...

Nine species (240 strains) of gram-negative bacilli were studied; 221 were freshly isolated from the urinary and intestinal tracts, wounds and abscesses. Thirteen strains of salmonella and 6 of ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest ... Many antibiotics need to enter the cells to be effective. Because of that, Gram-negative bacteria, which have an outer cell membrane, tend to ...

Gram-positive bacteria show blue or purple after Gram-staining in a laboratory test. They have thick cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria show pink or red on staining and have thin walls. They ...

How can we prevent antibiotics from becoming obsolete? All that said, when it comes to antibiotic resistance, gram-negative bacteria have an edge thanks to their double membranes. The outer ...