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

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 ...

Clinicians continue to question the usefulness of microscopic examination of Gram-stained sputum specimens ("Gram staining") and sputum culture for diagnosis of pneumonia. We analyzed the sensitivity ...

What is a sputum Gram’s stain? A sputum Gram’s stain is a laboratory test that allows your doctor to diagnose a bacterial infection in your respiratory tract. They may order it if you have symptoms of ...

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 ...

Compared with other urine analysis methods, urine Gram stain has a moderate predictive value for detecting gram-negative bacteria in urine culture but does not significantly improve urinary tract ...

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 ...

TODAY’S Google Doodle celebrates Danish microbiologist Hans Christian Gram. But who was he and what did he discover? Hans Christian Gram was a Danish microbiologist who Google is celebrating today on ...

Who was Hans Christian Gram? Hans Christian Gram was a Danish microbiologist who Google is celebrating today on his 166th birthday. The doodle that honours Gram on his birth anniversary today was ...

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 ...

Influential scientist Hans Christian Gram left a durable mark on microbiology thanks to the pioneering staining technique he invented – and he’s now being celebrated with a Google Doodle on the 166th ...