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 ...

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 ...

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria. This ...

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

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 ...

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 ...