NOUN
- a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
How To Use Gram stain In A Sentence
- Dexamethasone therapy should be continued following test results only if gram-positive diplococci are found in the CSF Gram stain, or if cultures reveal Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- For polymorphonuclear leucocytes count of gram stained cervical smear, the sensitivity was 23.1%, specificity 84.5%, positive predictive value (PPV) 7.7% and negative predicative value (NPV) 93.8%.
- Our study demonstrated only a fair degree of microbiological correlation between Gram stain and culture in the analysis of burn wound surface swab specimens.
- Gram stain, morphology, haemolysis, biochemical profile (API systems, BioMérieux, Basingstoke) and other standard tests as previously described PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- The people need to be wise to know what Gram stain to identify them and which most effective bactericide to use. RNC spoofs drug ads in new 'Reforma' Web video
- The skeletal muscle was crepitant, with myonecrosis and gram-positive rods on Gram stain.
- Clinical features of pneumonic plague include fever, cough with mucopurulent sputum (gram-negative rods may be seen on gram stain), hemoptysis and chest pain.
