Acute Bronchitis

Symptoms Acute bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes. The leading symptom is a cough that is first dry and later often productive. Other symptoms include difficulty breathing, sounds when breathing (whistling, rattling), feeling sick, hoarseness, fever, chest pain, and accompanying symptoms of the common cold or flu. The disease is usually self-limiting, so … Acute Bronchitis

Gram Staining: Differences Between Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Views Gram-positive bacteria Appear blue after Gram staining Have a thick cell wall with multilayered murein Possess pondonic acids anchored in the cell wall Have only one membrane (cytoplasmic membrane), into which lipoteichoic acids are anchored. Due to the lack of an outer membrane, gram-positive bacteria are well permeable to exogenous substances Gram-positive bacteria are … Gram Staining: Differences Between Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Macrolide Antibiotics: Effects, Uses & Risks

Macrolide antibiotics are antibiotics that are bacteriostatic and have a macrolide. They inhibit the protein biosynthesis of bacteria. The first and best known macrolide antibiotic is erythromycin. Macrolide antibiotics are often used in children. What are macrolide antibiotics? Macrolide antibiotics (abbreviated as macrolides) are antibiotics with bacteriostatic activity. They represent a separate “classification” within the … Macrolide Antibiotics: Effects, Uses & Risks

Bordetella Parapertussis: Infection, Transmission & Diseases

The germ Bordetella parapertussis belongs to the genus Bordetella and is difficult to distinguish from the related germ Bordetella pertussis. What is Bordetella parapertussis? The bacterium Bordetella parapertussis owes its name to its genetic and biochemical similarity to the related germ Bordetella pertussis. The generic name Bordetella was used in memory of the microbiologist Jules … Bordetella Parapertussis: Infection, Transmission & Diseases