Introduction The purpose of this lecture is to introduce you to terminology used in microbiology. The lecture will: 1. cover different classification schemes for grouping bacteria, especially the use of the Gram stain 2. describe the different types of bacteria 3. discuss bacterial structure and the function of the different bacterial components 4. discuss the distinguishing characteristics of ...

introduction: the potential benefit of ultrasonography for detection of thoracic bone fractures has been proven in various surveys but no comprehensive conclusion has been drawn yet; therefore, the present study aimed to conduct a thorough meta-analytic systematic review on this subject. methods: two reviewers independently carried out a comprehensive systematic search in medline, embase, isi w...

System in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Meningitis and a Negative Gram Stain Susan Wootton, MD; Elizabeth Aguilera, MD; Lucrecia Salazar, MD; Andrew Hemmert, PhD; Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH; Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX; BioFire Diagnostics, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT...

Experience of the clinical application of dialysis for long term replacement of renal function now extends for two decades. The first decade was in general devoted to improving the design of existing equipment to make it safe and suitable for routine use, and the second to conceiving new ideas. However, so far most of the new ideas have found little routine clinical application and the old meth...