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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
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- 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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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History Note
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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
- National Library of Medicine. Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016908. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016908
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55789782