I WAS working intently over my microscope, searching amid the débris of a stained slide for lurking cocci. Back and forth, through a labyrinth of red and blue fibres, I wandered: here a cell — here ...

Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative diplococcus, which like all gram-negative bacteria, possesses a lipopolysaccharide-like component in its outer cell membrane. Almost all invasive isolates of ...

A meningococcal group B vaccine has been found to offer protection against gonorrhea, report researchers. This is the first time a vaccine has protected against the STD and it could open up a new ...

This Gram's stain description is indicative of Actinomyces species. These anaerobic filamentous bacteria are endogenous flora of the oropharynx, gastrointestinal tract, and female genital tract (see ...