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bacilli
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bacilli /ba·cil·li/ (bah-sil´i) plural of bacillus.
bacilli
[bəsil′ī] sing. bacillum
Etymology: L, bacillum, small rod
any rod-shaped bacteria. See Bacillus.

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Gram-positive rods with rounded ends and nonparallel sides, arranged in palisades or in V shapes, were observed, which suggested the presence of corynebacteria.
Unusual organisms should be suspected in patients with an extra-abdominal site of infection, if SBP does not respond to empiric therapy, or when gram-positive rods or diphtheroids are reported in Gram stain of ascitic fluid.
6 percent was gram-positive rods (most of which were Bacillus); and 4.
 
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