With delicate hues of purple and pink, a lab technique called gram staining has reliably characterized bacteria for more than a century. Yet many scientists are mistaken about why the vivid method ...
In a meta-analysis examining respiratory specimen Gram stain for diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia, absence of bacteria on Gram stain had a high negative predictive value, but a positive ...
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana) has announced the global launch of the VENTANA Gram Staining Kit. Automated for use on the VENTANA BenchMark Special Stains instrument, the Gram Staining Kit ...
Being a cationic dye, crystal violet can be used to stain negatively charged polymers such as DNA 18 and cell walls of bacteria, the latter of which is partially the basis of Gram staining to ...
The aim of the present prospective study was to assess the validity of the Gram stain–AOLC test for the diagnosis of CRBI in HSCT recipients with nontunnelled CVCs, using the DTP/clinical criteria as ...
VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. – Mass technological transformation of the global healthcare industry has left key market participants struggling to traverse the complexities of medical and life sciences. Given ...
Through the gradual acceptance of an exact method of gram staining two unfortunate by-products have arisen: the waste of countless hours of . . . Select the format you want to export the citation of ...
Background: White blood cells on endocervical Gram stain and vaginal wet mount are frequently used to predict chlamydial and gonococcal infections. Previous studies provide conflicting evidence for ...
Hans Christian Joachim Gram was born on September 13, 1853, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, where his study of plants introduced him to the fundamentals of ...