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cytology and Gram stain?

Posted By: MSMT on 2008-01-15
In Reply to: Laboratory term please see message.. - Thank you.

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Subject: Culture was sent for Gram's stain or gram stain. Which is correct? TIA!!


No, don't cap gram-negative. The test Gram stain is capitalized - per Stedmans Inf Dis Book. -s
Subject: No, don't cap gram-negative. The test Gram stain is capitalized - per Stedmans Inf Dis Book. -sm

Also, I worked in a lab for many years, and gram-negative and gram-positive are not capitalized. Gram is the name of the doctor or scientist who came up with the staining test, Gram stain, so that is capped.
It should be Gram's stain, the formal name, or the result was gram negative.... then not.....nm
Subject: It should be Gram's stain, the formal name, or the result was gram negative.... then not.....nm

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Subject: gram stain or Gram stain

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Gram stain
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Culture and sensitivity done with s/l annagram stain  did not reveal any kind of organisms.


Could he be saying Gram stain? He clearly pronounces it as annagram!


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Subject: could it be AFB? and that is Gram (capital G) stain. nm

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Subject: Which is correct..Gram or gram negative?nm

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Subject: another guess would be C&S, cytology,

or send this for cytology.


It seems like a syllable is missing for those guesses though.


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