Course: Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance: Gram Negative Bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was previously sensitive. Resistant organisms (which include bacteria, viruses and some parasites) are able to …

So why does resistance matter when treating patients with Gram-negative bacteria? Gram-negative bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to the antibiotics more commonly used for treating infections caused by these pathogens. …

Vincent is a 68-year-old retired taxi driver. He has high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, which are well controlled. He used to smoke. A couple of months ago, he started …

Watch this video in which Bill Jenkins’s clinical presentation is described. With the information provided in the video, consider the following questions: What type of infection does Bill have? Which …

Carol is a 35 year-old flight attendant. She is a healthy woman with no significant past medical or surgical history. She has two healthy girls. She does not take any …

Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), more specifically Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermenters such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can cause a wide array of infectious diseases. They can even cause no disease at all, since many …

Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are a large group of bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method. The Gram staining method was a basic …