Quantitative Gram Stain Interpretation Criteria Used by Microbiology Laboratories in Alberta, Canada
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Quantitative gram stain interpretation criteria used by microbiology laboratories in Alberta, Canada.
Microbiology laboratories in Alberta, Canada, were surveyed to determine the quantitative interpretive criteria used to routinely read and report Gram stains. There was a wide variability in the quantitative reporting criteria cited for both cells and bacteria, with only 11 of 32 (34.4%) laboratories surveyed using the criteria recommended by the external proficiency-testing program. Lack of st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.4266-4268.2000