The Gram stain is part of a family of histochemical special stains that many laboratories around the world still run manually today. In automating the stain, Ventana gives its customers an efficient ...

Gram staining was developed in the 1800s as a quick and simple procedure to distinguish between Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. It is one of the first laboratory techniques taught to ...

To determine the effectiveness of Gram staining of tracheal aspirates for predicting causative microorganisms and guiding appropriate initial antibiotic therapy to treat ventilator-associated ...

Gram staining is a type of differential staining used to distinguish between Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial groups, based on inherent differences in their cell wall constituents. Stains ...

Bacterial species, and even specific strains can be differentiated using a number of molecular techniques such as PCR, quantitative PCR, genome sequencing and mass spectrometry. But even without ...

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 ...

Gram-negative meningitis is an infection in the membrane surrounding your brain and spinal cord. “Gram-negative” refers to gram staining, a routine laboratory test used to determine the presence of ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the normal fecal bacterial and fungal flora and parasite prevalence in wild passerine birds found ...