Comparison of organism recovery and staining properties for 3 methods of Gram stain preparation
The 1-drop preparation is simple, inexpensive, and effective at increasing organism concentration for analysis, making it a good option when processing culture bottles with low organism loads, but more investigation into methods of improving stain quality is necessary.
Authors
- Sheila Criswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1446-2156)
- Audrey Pisahl
- Martha Timmons
Institutions
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laboratory Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmae095
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.38