Gram-Positive vs Gram-Negative

Gram-Positive

• Processes:

  • Sporulation

• Antibiotics:

  • Daptomycin

  • Vancomycin

  • Erythromycin

    • Azithromycin

    • Clarithromycin

  • Oxozolidinones

• Pathogens:

  • C. diff

  • Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (anaerobe)

Gram-Negative

• Processes:

  • Type 3 Secretion System

• Lab Techniques:

  • MacConkey’s Agar Plate

• Antibiotics:

  • Quinolones/Fluoroquinolones

Obligate Intracellular Pathogens

• Antibiotics:

  • Doxycycline