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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Gram stain diagnosis has a sensitivity and specificity of 95 percent in men with symptomatic urethritis.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a thick waxy coat that stops the bacterial cells taking up the Gram stain; if these bacteria are suspected, the specific Ziehl Neelson stain must be used.
Spinal fluid was cloudy and gram stain smear showed polymorphonuclear white cells and many gram-positive bacilli in chains and singly.
Gram stain: Some of the infected fluid is placed on a microscopic slide and special staining is performed.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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FIGURE 2-7 General sequence of steps in the Gram stain procedure and the resultant staining of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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These bacteria a small Gram - coccobacilli that are normally stained with Giemsa since they stain poorly by the Gram stain.
Gram stain appearances of medically important bacteria.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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A gram stain is a rapid microscopic analysis that can be invaluable at pinpointing infection and defining the bacterial type of infection involved so that appropriate antibiotic therapy can be begun.
The Gram stain broadly differentiates bacteria into Gram-positive and Gram-negative groups; a few organisms are consistently Gram-variable.
Gram stain - A fundamental bacterial identification method which involves a multi-step staining procedure.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Testing of patients with the cutaneous form may be done by gram stain examination of the fluid from the pustule or by localized skin biopsy to look for the bacteria.
These infections are diagnosed by recognition of a characteristic lesion coupled with tissue Gram stains and bacterial culture.
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