Gram staining of blood cultures for Clostridium perfringens

QJM. 2016 Nov;109(11):757. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw144. Epub 2016 Aug 11.

Authors

T Kenzaka¹, T Ueshimo²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Community Medicine and Career Development, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan and Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Laboratories and Radiology, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Tamba, Japan. email: [email protected].

PMID: 27516231
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw144

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Ampicillin / therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Blood Culture / methods
Clostridium Infections / diagnosis*
Clostridium Infections / drug therapy
Clostridium perfringens / isolation & purification*
Gentian Violet
Humans
Male
Phenazines
Staining and Labeling / methods

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Gram's stain
Phenazines
Ampicillin
Gentian Violet