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Gram-positive bacterial infections

MedGen UID:
39283
Concept ID:
C0085426
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bacterial Infection, Gram-Positive; Bacterial Infections, Gram Positive; Bacterial Infections, Gram-Positive; Gram Positive Bacterial Infections; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infection; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Infection, Gram-Positive Bacterial; Infections, Gram Positive Bacterial; Infections, Gram-Positive Bacterial
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021679

Definition

Infections caused by bacteria that retain the crystal violet stain (positive) when treated by the gram-staining method. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGram-positive bacterial infections

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Reissier S, Cattoir V
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 May;19(5):587-599. Epub 2020 Oct 26 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1834851. PMID: 33030387
Kosmidis CI, Chandrasekar PH
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Falagas ME, Vardakas KZ
Drug Saf 2008;31(9):753-68. doi: 10.2165/00002018-200831090-00004. PMID: 18707190

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Boisrenoult P
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2018 Feb;104(1S):S19-S24. Epub 2017 Dec 2 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.05.030. PMID: 29203432
Doernberg SB, Lodise TP, Thaden JT, Munita JM, Cosgrove SE, Arias CA, Boucher HW, Corey GR, Lowy FD, Murray B, Miller LG, Holland TL; Gram-Positive Committee of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG)
Clin Infect Dis 2017 Mar 15;64(suppl_1):S24-S29. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw828. PMID: 28350900Free PMC Article
Mavrogenis AF, Papagelopoulos PJ, Coll-Mesa L, Pala E, Guerra G, Ruggieri P
Orthopedics 2011 Dec;34(12):991-8; quiz 999-1000. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20111021-24. PMID: 22147218
Owens CD, Stoessel K
J Hosp Infect 2008 Nov;70 Suppl 2:3-10. doi: 10.1016/S0195-6701(08)60017-1. PMID: 19022115
Murdoch DA
Clin Microbiol Rev 1998 Jan;11(1):81-120. doi: 10.1128/CMR.11.1.81. PMID: 9457430Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Weinberg GA
Pediatr Rev 2018 May;39(5):270-272. doi: 10.1542/pir.2017-0147. PMID: 29716975
Boisrenoult P
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2018 Feb;104(1S):S19-S24. Epub 2017 Dec 2 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.05.030. PMID: 29203432
Messinger AI, Kupfer O, Hurst A, Parker S
Pediatr Rev 2017 Sep;38(9):394-409. doi: 10.1542/pir.2016-0183. PMID: 28864731
Doernberg SB, Lodise TP, Thaden JT, Munita JM, Cosgrove SE, Arias CA, Boucher HW, Corey GR, Lowy FD, Murray B, Miller LG, Holland TL; Gram-Positive Committee of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG)
Clin Infect Dis 2017 Mar 15;64(suppl_1):S24-S29. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw828. PMID: 28350900Free PMC Article
Mavrogenis AF, Papagelopoulos PJ, Coll-Mesa L, Pala E, Guerra G, Ruggieri P
Orthopedics 2011 Dec;34(12):991-8; quiz 999-1000. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20111021-24. PMID: 22147218

Therapy

Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC), O'Toole RV, Joshi M, Carlini AR, Murray CK, Allen LE, Huang Y, Scharfstein DO, O'Hara NN, Gary JL, Bosse MJ, Castillo RC, Bishop JA, Weaver MJ, Firoozabadi R, Hsu JR, Karunakar MA, Seymour RB, Sims SH, Churchill C, Brennan ML, Gonzales G, Reilly RM, Zura RD, Howes CR, Mir HR, Wagstrom EA, Westberg J, Gaski GE, Kempton LB, Natoli RM, Sorkin AT, Virkus WW, Hill LC, Hymes RA, Holzman M, Malekzadeh AS, Schulman JE, Ramsey L, Cuff JAN, Haaser S, Osgood GM, Shafiq B, Laljani V, Lee OC, Krause PC, Rowe CJ, Hilliard CL, Morandi MM, Mullins A, Achor TS, Choo AM, Munz JW, Boutte SJ, Vallier HA, Breslin MA, Frisch HM, Kaufman AM, Large TM, LeCroy CM, Riggsbee C, Smith CS, Crickard CV, Phieffer LS, Sheridan E, Jones CB, Sietsema DL, Reid JS, Ringenbach K, Hayda R, Evans AR, Crisco MJ, Rivera JC, Osborn PM, Kimmel J, Stawicki SP, Nwachuku CO, Wojda TR, Rehman S, Donnelly JM, Caroom C, Jenkins MD, Boulton CL, Costales TG, LeBrun CT, Manson TT, Mascarenhas DC, Nascone JW, Pollak AN, Sciadini MF, Slobogean GP, Berger PZ, Connelly DW, Degani Y, Howe AL, Marinos DP, Montalvo RN, Reahl GB, Schoonover CD, Schroder LK, Vang S, Bergin PF, Graves ML, Russell GV, Spitler CA, Hydrick JM, Teague D, Ertl W, Hickerson LE, Moloney GB, Weinlein JC, Zelle BA, Agarwal A, Karia RA, Sathy AK, Au B, Maroto M, Sanders D, Higgins TF, Haller JM, Rothberg DL, Weiss DB, Yarboro SR, McVey ED, Lester-Ballard V, Goodspeed D, Lang GJ, Whiting PS, Siy AB, Obremskey WT, Jahangir AA, Attum B, Burgos EJ, Molina CS, Rodriguez-Buitrago A, Gajari V, Trochez KM, Halvorson JJ, Miller AN, Goodman JB, Holden MB, McAndrew CM, Gardner MJ, Ricci WM, Spraggs-Hughes A, Collins SC, Taylor TJ, Zadnik M
JAMA Surg 2021 May 1;156(5):e207259. Epub 2021 May 12 doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.7259. PMID: 33760010
Giannella M, Bartoletti M, Gatti M, Viale P
Clin Microbiol Infect 2020 Feb;26(2):158-167. Epub 2019 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.11.001. PMID: 31733377
Beganovic M, Luther MK, Rice LB, Arias CA, Rybak MJ, LaPlante KL
Clin Infect Dis 2018 Jul 2;67(2):303-309. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy064. PMID: 29390132Free PMC Article
Tedesco KL, Rybak MJ
Pharmacotherapy 2004 Jan;24(1):41-57. doi: 10.1592/phco.24.1.41.34802. PMID: 14740787
Perry CM, Ibbotson T
Drugs 2002;62(15):2221-34; discussion 2235. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200262150-00005. PMID: 12381221

Prognosis

Misch EA, Andes DR
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Jun;33(2):399-445. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.02.011. PMID: 31005135
Zhu Q, Yue Y, Zhu L, Cui J, Zhu M, Chen L, Yang Z, Liang Z
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2018;7:107. Epub 2018 Sep 3 doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0398-x. PMID: 30202520Free PMC Article
Chiang HY, Perencevich EN, Nair R, Nelson RE, Samore M, Khader K, Chorazy ML, Herwaldt LA, Blevins A, Ward MA, Schweizer ML
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017 Feb;38(2):203-215. Epub 2016 Nov 9 doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.254. PMID: 27825401
Hand J, Patel G
Liver Transpl 2016 Aug;22(8):1143-53. doi: 10.1002/lt.24486. PMID: 27228555
Owens CD, Stoessel K
J Hosp Infect 2008 Nov;70 Suppl 2:3-10. doi: 10.1016/S0195-6701(08)60017-1. PMID: 19022115

Clinical prediction guides

Tian S, Li K, Tang H, Peng Y, Xia L, Wang X, Chen X, Zhou F
BMC Infect Dis 2022 Mar 20;22(1):269. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06964-1. PMID: 35307004Free PMC Article
Fleiss N, Coggins SA, Lewis AN, Zeigler A, Cooksey KE, Walker LA, Husain AN, de Jong BS, Wallman-Stokes A, Alrifai MW, Visser DH, Good M, Sullivan B, Polin RA, Martin CR, Wynn JL
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e2036518. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36518. PMID: 33538825Free PMC Article
Berge A, Krantz A, Östlund H, Nauclér P, Rasmussen M
Infection 2019 Feb;47(1):45-50. Epub 2018 Sep 3 doi: 10.1007/s15010-018-1208-3. PMID: 30178077
Murray BE
Am J Med 1997 Mar;102(3):284-93. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)80270-8. PMID: 9217598
Megran DW
Clin Infect Dis 1992 Jul;15(1):63-71. doi: 10.1093/clinids/15.1.63. PMID: 1617074

Recent systematic reviews

Eichel VM, Last K, Brühwasser C, von Baum H, Dettenkofer M, Götting T, Grundmann H, Güldenhöven H, Liese J, Martin M, Papan C, Sadaghiani C, Wendt C, Werner G, Mutters NT
J Hosp Infect 2023 Nov;141:119-128. Epub 2023 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.09.008. PMID: 37734679
Shi Y, Wu HL, Wu YH, Li S, Zhang LY, Xu SS, Huang HY, Zhang CH, Yu XB, Cai K, Zhang J, Huang LS
World J Pediatr 2023 Feb;19(2):129-138. Epub 2022 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s12519-022-00650-1. PMID: 36562929Free PMC Article
Correa-Martínez CL, Schuler F, Kampmeier S
Biol Sex Differ 2021 May 17;12(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13293-021-00380-5. PMID: 34001270Free PMC Article
Tsai CC, Yang PS, Liu CL, Wu CJ, Hsu YC, Cheng SP
Am J Surg 2018 Jan;215(1):179-185. Epub 2017 Mar 15 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.03.005. PMID: 28341139
Polyzos KA, Mavros MN, Vardakas KZ, Makris MC, Rafailidis PI, Falagas ME
PLoS One 2012;7(8):e41870. Epub 2012 Aug 16 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041870. PMID: 22916113Free PMC Article

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