Diseases

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Infections caused by bacteria that retain the crystal violet stain (positive) when treated by the gram-staining method.

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Abstract

Infections caused by bacteria that retain the crystal violet stain (positive) when treated by the gram-staining method.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Bacterial Infections, Gram-Positive
  • Infections, Gram-Positive Bacterial
  • Bacterial Infection, Gram-Positive
  • Bacterial Infections, Gram Positive
  • Gram Positive Bacterial Infections
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infection
  • Infection, Gram-Positive Bacterial
  • Infections, Gram Positive Bacterial

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Aspects Covered

36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Bacterial Infections (1972-1991)
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria (1984-1991)
  • specific bacteria (1972-1983)
  • specific bacterial infection (1966-1971)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016908. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016908
  2. Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55789782