Learning Objectives: Gram-positive (GP) and gram-negative (GN) bacteria activate different Toll-like receptors signaling pathways resulting in production of different proinflammatory cytokines that stimulate procalcitonin (PCT) release. Adult data suggests median PCT values are higher in GN...
Urine collected during pregnancy may be cultured for significant numbers of GBS. Common Questions How is it used? A prenatal screening test for group B strep (GBS) is used to detect the presence of this bacteria in the vagina or rectum of pregnant women. About 25% of pregnant women are ...
The most common agent is Escherichia Coli, but other bacteria as GBS have been incriminated. A high index of suspicion is necessary for the diagnostic of galactosemia because an early diagnostic is very important as the lactose-free diet can be life-saving. Unfortunately, in our country the ...
The putative adherence genes, originally found by subtractive hybridization and designated as sspB1 and sspB2, encoded proteins homologous to the broad family of adherence and aggregation proteins commonly found in Gram-positive bacteria. The clinical GBS strains consisted of 118 isolates were analyzed ...