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gram-negative [′gram¦neg·əd·iv] (microbiology) Of bacteria, decolorizing and staining with the counterstain when treated with Gram's stain. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The drug is currently also being studied in a second complicated skin infection trial (STRAUSS II) targeting both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial infections, including patients with diabetic foot infections; and in phase III clinical trials in nosocomial pneumonia (CHOPIN studies) and in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. There is an urgent need for the development of new antibiotics to treat these and other gram-negative bacterial infections," said Steven Porter, Chairman and CEO of Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals. nbsp;in liver transplant recipients has been associated with graft failure and a high mortality rate (4,5), and in gram-negative bacterial infections, the physiologic effects of endotoxin may persist after adequate antimicrobial drug treatment. |
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