Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Can someone give a clarified explanation of gram negative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Here's a link to a site that explains it in great detail: http://www.sciencenet.com.au/frames/profiles/negative/f_negat.htm Take care, Matija > Can someone give a clarified explanation of gram negative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Here's a link to a site that explains it in great detail: http://www.sciencenet.com.au/frames/profiles/negative/f_negat.htm Take care, Matija > Can someone give a clarified explanation of gram negative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 > Can someone give a clarified explanation of gram negative? Deryk, gram negative refers to a lab staining result that conveniently classifies different types of bacteria for clinical discussion and treatment. Matija's link goes into greater detail about this. Deryk, I can't know for certain, but I suspect the new member azpua2002 is talking about gram negative folliculitis. As Bunnygirl noted, it's a relatively rare acneiform infection, almost always associated with long-term (over a year's) use of antibiotics -- but even in that scenario it's not common. It's easily treated with a short course of alternative antibiotics or other medications, including accutane (but I don't know about low dose accutane). A previous board member, 007, used to bring this condition up and tout his low dose accutane. Here's a patient information sheet on gram negative folliculitis: http://www.dermnetnz.org/index.html And here's more than you ever wanted to know about it <g>: http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic834.htm Post-Graduate Resident, a respected clinical journal for physicians- in-training, has a year 2000 review article on acne vulgaris, where it compares acne vulgaris to gram negative folliculitis and other conditions, including rosacea. The article discusses treatment for acne (note that the main article does not address treatment of rosacea or gram negative folliculitis but just acne vulgaris_: http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/03_00/johnson.htm Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 > Can someone give a clarified explanation of gram negative? Deryk, gram negative refers to a lab staining result that conveniently classifies different types of bacteria for clinical discussion and treatment. Matija's link goes into greater detail about this. Deryk, I can't know for certain, but I suspect the new member azpua2002 is talking about gram negative folliculitis. As Bunnygirl noted, it's a relatively rare acneiform infection, almost always associated with long-term (over a year's) use of antibiotics -- but even in that scenario it's not common. It's easily treated with a short course of alternative antibiotics or other medications, including accutane (but I don't know about low dose accutane). A previous board member, 007, used to bring this condition up and tout his low dose accutane. Here's a patient information sheet on gram negative folliculitis: http://www.dermnetnz.org/index.html And here's more than you ever wanted to know about it <g>: http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic834.htm Post-Graduate Resident, a respected clinical journal for physicians- in-training, has a year 2000 review article on acne vulgaris, where it compares acne vulgaris to gram negative folliculitis and other conditions, including rosacea. The article discusses treatment for acne (note that the main article does not address treatment of rosacea or gram negative folliculitis but just acne vulgaris_: http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/03_00/johnson.htm Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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