3.2. Time to Detection in Culture Bottles with a Positive Gram Stain or Culture For culture bottles where bacteria were subsequently identified (i.e., a status of confirmed positive or indeterminate), the times to detection are plotted in Figure 2. Where multiple bottles from the same platelet...
In L. monocytogenes, ActA rearranges actin in the host cell cytosol to propel cell-to-cell movement and also initiates biofilm formation by precipitating bacteria. Likewise, teichoic acids responsible for maintaining Gram-positive bacterial cell architecture also induce inflammatory response during ...