Gram stain
Mechanisms To Assess Gram Stain Interpretation Proficiency of Technologists at Satellite Laboratories
... the Gram stain has been questioned from a variety of ...reported Gram stain sensitivity of 15% to 100% for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia, with specificity ranging between 11% and ...
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Utility of gram stain in evaluation of sputa from patients with cystic fibrosis
... The positive predictive value of the Gram stain for growth from acceptable sputum samples was 98% for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 84.4% for Pseudomonas cepacia, 86.3% for Staphylococcus aure[r] ...
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Comparison of the eSwab collection and transportation system to an amies gel transystem for Gram stain of clinical specimens
... evaluating Gram stain rea- gents and staining techniques. Each stain run included a commercially available BD BBL™ Gram Slide Control (Becton Dickinson, Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ, ...
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Usefulness of sputum gram stain for etiologic diagnosis in community acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta analysis
... sputum Gram stain produce a minor change in the probability of the etiologic diagno- sis of ...sputum Gram stain test result all but confirms the causative pathogen of CAP (with specificities ...
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Concentrated gram stain smears prepared with a cytospin centrifuge
... We also used the Cytospin centrifuge to concentrate 0.05- to 0.5-ml clinical samples of CSF and other body fluids for Gram stain to determine the ability of the Cytospin centrifuge to im[r] ...
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First Notification of Positive Blood Cultures and the High Accuracy of the Gram Stain Report
... initial Gram stain and the subsequent culture in 119 of the 5,893 blood cultures ...the Gram-stained smear (1, ...to stain gram positive despite proper Gram stain ...
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Multicenter Assessment of Gram Stain Error Rates
... the Gram stain, still play key roles throughout the diagnostic process ...(1–3). Gram stains are initially used as a preanalytical indicator of specimen quality and accept- ability for ...the ...
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Validation of sputum Gram stain for treatment of community acquired pneumonia and healthcare associated pneumonia: a prospective observational study
... sputum Gram stain in patients with ...tum Gram stain in HCAP patients was lower than that in CAP ...the Gram stain was highly specific (>90%) for the etiologic diagnosis in ...
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A ‘Magnetic’ Gram Stain for Bacterial Detection
... both Gram-positive and negative species, since the Gram-negative species would also retain the CV-TCO (Figure ...Grams stain where the first staining step “colors” all bacteria and the second ...
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Gram stain based antimicrobial selection reduces cost and overuse compared with Japanese guidelines
... Antimicrobial resistance in common bacterial patho- gens is a growing public-health concern worldwide [1], and appropriate antibiotic use is the most important modifiable factor when addressing this problem [17]. The ...
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Reliability of diagnosing bacterial vaginosis is improved by a standardized method of gram stain interpretation
... RESULTS To determine the intercenter agreement of the Spiegel criteria for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis from Gramstained vaginal smears, we first examined the reliability of each[r] ...
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Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis by direct gram stain of vaginal fluid
... A clinical diagnosis of nonspecific vaginitis can be based on the presence of a characteristic homogeneous grey discharge, a vaginal fluid pH of >4.5, a positive amine odor test, and the[r] ...
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Misinterpretation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain
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Polymicrobial Keratitis—Importance of Detecting and Treating More Than One Organism
... 1(a)), Gram stain showed Gram negative bacilli which also grew on culture on blood and chocolate agar and was identified later as Proteus sps ...and gram negative bacilli which were ...
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Urinary Tract Infections in the Potential Vertebroplasty Patient: Incidence, Significance, and Management
... Urinary tract and other types of infections are a concern before any invasive procedure. The only surgical subspecialty with a standardized periprocedural management approach in this matter is urology. 11,12 Patients ...
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Epidemiology, microbiology and visual outcome of microbial keratitis in Madurai
... management. Gram stain, Giemsa stain, Flourescent Gram stain, Culturing , Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and Corneal biopsy are the recommended lab ...
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Development and Validation of a Multivariable Predictive Model to Distinguish Bacterial From Aseptic Meningitis in Children in the Post-Haemophilus influenzae Era
... Because discrimination between bacterial menin- gitis and aseptic meningitis at the time of presenta- tion is often difficult, children with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis are routinely admitted to the hospital to ...
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Evaluation of Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of patients with Hospitalized CommunityAcquired Pneumonia
... is Gram- negative bacilli ( 22%) and Staphylococcus aureus (12%). Among Gram-negative bacilli Klabasiella and E- coli were common ( 8% ...sputum gram-stain, culture, blood culture and invasive ...
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A study on otorhinolaryngologic manifestations in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients
... like gram stain for oral candidiasis, biopsy for histopathological examination for oral hairy leukoplakia, Tzanck smear for oral herpes simplex infection, fine needle aspiration cytology for neck nodes, ...
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Detection of pathogenic Campylobacter species in blood culture systems
... A growth index reading of -20 or .31 was considered the threshold for positive cultures in the anaerobic or aerobic bottles, respectively, and these were confirmed by Gram stain examinat[r] ...
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