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GRAM-POSITIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
Classified under:
Similar:
confirming; positive (indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen)
Domain category:
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
Context examples:
Nitrocefin is sensitive to hydrolysis by all lactamases produced by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
(Nitrocefin, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of anaerobic, Gram-positive, cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes.
(Parvimonas micra, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent active against most gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.
(Pefloxacin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic used orally in the treatment of mild to moderate infections by susceptible gram-positive organisms.
(Penicillin V Potassium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A pyridopyrimidine antibiotic derivative of piromidic acid with activity against gram-negative bacteria, as well as some gram-positive bacteria.
(Pipemidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A broad-spectrum parenteral carbapenem with activity against aerobic, anaerobic, gram-positive and gram-negative organisms including non-fermenters.
(Panipenem, NCI Thesaurus)
This antibiotic was used to treat infections by gram-positive bacteria.
(Novobiocin, NCI Thesaurus)
Activated by bacterial flavoproteins to intermediates that inactivate bacterial ribosomal proteins, Nitrofurantoin is used prophylactically as a urinary anti-infective agent against most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms and for long-term suppression of infections.
(Nitrofurantoin, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria in the phylum Actinobacteria.
(Nocardia, NCI Thesaurus)
Norfloxacin concentrates in the renal tubules and bladder and is bactericidal against a wide range of aerobic gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.
(Norfloxacin, NCI Thesaurus)
