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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hans Christian Gram, the inventor of the Gram staining technique, was a pioneering biologist who devised the system of classification which led to as many as 30,000 formally named species of bacteria ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background: Criteria for diagnosis of male urethritis based on a Gram-stained smear (GSS) of urethral discharge were developed before the era ...

Elizabethkingia is a genus of bacteria. It’s found worldwide in places like soil, reservoirs, and river water. In most cases, Elizabethkingia is harmless. A few strains, though, can cause illness in ...

<0> AdvanDx to launchFISH (20 Min. Pathogen ID) for life threatening and/or coagulase-negative staphylococci. Clinicians are now able to optimize therapy with critical values call required by Joint ...