Identifier |
wh_ch49_p2666_4 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Gram-Positive Bacilli |
Creator |
Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD |
Affiliation |
Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, University of Colorado |
Subject |
Infectious Diseases; Bacteria; Gram-Positive Bacilli |
Description |
Several species of gram-positive bacilli are capable of producing CNS infection in humans. The most common of these are bacteria that replicate extracellularly: Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (previously considered a species of Corynebacterium), Bacillus species, Clostridium species, Corynebacterium species, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, Lactobacillus species, and Propionibacterium species. Intracellular gram-positive bacilli that commonly produce infection in the CNS include Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium leprae. M. tuberculosis, M. leprae, and other atypical mycobacteria belong to the order Actinomycetales, a group of fungus-like ""higher bacteria"" that also includes the filamentous, branching Nocardia and Actinomyces species, as well as Tropheryma whippelii, the bacterium that causes Whipple disease. Like other gram-positive bacilli, these organisms are rod-shaped, stain-positive with Gram stain, and are important causes of CNS infection. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cg2zkq |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
186569 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg2zkq |