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IV. GRAM STAINED IMAGES OF
MEDICALLY IMPORTANT BACTERIA

Specimen Organisms

1. Urethral smear Neisseria gonorrhoeae

2. Pus smear Neisseria gonorrhoeae

3. Pus smear (wound) Staphylococcus aureus

4. Exudate smear Clostridium perfringens

5. Tissue smear Clostridium perfringens

6. Knee tap smear Group A Streptococcus pyogenes

7. Sputum smear Staphylococcus aureus

8. Sputum smear Staphylococcus & Streptococcus pneumoniae

9. Sputum smear Streptococcus pneumoniae/PMN

10. Sputum smear Streptococcus pneumoniae

11. Sputum smear Streptococcus pneumoniae

12. Spinal fluid Haemophilus influenzae

13. Urine smear Escherichia coli/PMN

14. Peritoneal fluid Mixed anaerobic infection

15. Spinal fluid Cryptococcus neoformans

16. Skin smear Candida albicans

References

Hashimoto, T. and Yoshida, N. Gram stain. Modern Media 6: 22-27, 1961.
Provine, H. and Gardner, B. P. Gram stain. Hospital Practice 9: 85, 1974
Ryan, J. R.and Ray, G. Principles of laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases. Sherris Medical Microbiology 3rd ed. p.225, 1994
Scherre, Rene. Gram's staining reaction, Gram types and cell walls of bacteria. Trends Biochem.Sci. 9: 242, 1984
Washington, J. A. Rapid diagnosis by microscopy. Clin. Microbiol. Letter 8: 135, 1986

Achnowledgement

Information used in this program is adopted from the article previously published by Provine and Gardner cited above.

Original slides presented in this program were provided by Dr. R. Carey, director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Loyola University Medical Center.

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IV. GRAM STAINED IMAGES OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT BACTERIA

References

Achnowledgement

IV. GRAM STAINED IMAGES OF
MEDICALLY IMPORTANT BACTERIA