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 ...

If your doctor suspects you have an infection, they may order a culture and gram stain to check for bacteria ... For example, to collect a sample of sputum, they may ask you to cough some into ...

The authors of the guidelines recognize that some methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ... blood cultures and routine Gram staining and culture of expectorated sputum are recommended for patients ...

Sputum Gram stain and culture were once the gold standard of diagnosis in patients with pneumonia but have been discounted in recent years, with published sensitivity estimates ranging as low as ...

Gram staining is one way scientists can identify bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus, appear blue or purple under a microscope when scientists apply a stain. Conversely ...

All neonatal physicians at our NICU were trained in Gram staining by medical technologists at our hospital before starting this study. Nurses directly collected sputum specimens by endotracheal ...

Results on Gram's staining and culture of sputum are positive in more than 80% of cases of pneumococcal pneumonia when a good-quality specimen (>10 inflammatory cells per epithelial cell ...

Gram staining was developed in the 1800s as a ... Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA is a common Gram positive pathogen that is resistant to all β-lactam antimicrobials including ...