If your doctor suspects you have an infection, they may order a culture and gram stain to check for bacteria. If bacteria are present, this test can also help your doctor learn if the bacteria are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--miacom diagnostics GmbH today announced that their proprietary hemoFISH assay for the identification and differentiation of bacterial pathogens from positive ...

Differentiating bacterial strains within a single sample can be a daunting challenge. Microscopic studies of the sample can be used for simple identification and differentiation tasks. Microbiologists ...