Diseases

Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

Infections caused by bacteria that show up as pink (negative) when treated by the gram-staining method.

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Abstract

Infections caused by bacteria that show up as pink (negative) when treated by the gram-staining method.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Bacterial Infections, Gram-Negative
  • Infections, Gram-Negative Bacterial
  • Bacterial Infection, Gram-Negative
  • Gram Negative Bacterial Infections
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection
  • Infection, Gram-Negative Bacterial

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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; prefer specifics

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

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

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016905. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016905
  2. Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram-negative_bacterial_infection
  3. Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19597369