They are gram positive bacteria that are small round in shape (cocci) and occur as clusters appearing like a bunch of grapes on electron microscopy. Staphylococcus were earlier divided into two ...

infections versus Gram-positive cocci (GPC) infection prior to obtaining final culture results is of value in order to appropriately guide expirical therapy. We sought to compare laboratory and ...

the PPV was only 38.4% for gram-positive cocci. In the catheter subgroup, the presence of monomorphic bacteria quantified as "many" had a higher PPV for diagnosing a UTI than the presence of ...