Labroots

Blood Smear and Bone Marrow Staining - Manual vs. Automated

In this webinar, Dr. Prasanna N Kumar, Professor of Pathology PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, demonstrates how the Aerospray® Hematology Pro Slide Stainer / Cytocentrifuge solves ...
JSTOR Daily

Clinical Utility of Measuring White Blood Cells on Vaginal Wet Mount and Endocervical Gram Stain for the Prediction of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections

Background: White blood cells on endocervical Gram stain and vaginal wet mount are frequently used to predict chlamydial and gonococcal infections. Previous studies provide conflicting evidence for ...
Nature

Detection of catheter-related bloodstream infections by the Gram stain–acridine orange leukocyte cytospin test in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

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 ...
New Scientist

Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

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 ...