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3319978

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of our investigations was to evaluate the current importance of Gram's stain in ENT infections. This long established easy microbiological method was compared with culture and sensitivity tests. For this purpose 549 Gram's stains were performed on 384 patients. In 88.8% of the cases Gram's stains gave reliable information in a few minutes so that a correct and effective antimicrobial treatment could be started. In 5.7% no pathogen could be found using a Gram's stain, probably because the concentration was too low (10(5)/ml) whereas a pathogen could be cultured in these cases. However culture revealed microbiological information in 11.5% of the cases that was unreliable or even misleading in deciding treatment. In conclusion, Gram's stain is a very cheap, quick and easy method which has been forgotten by many clinicians but which is sufficient as the only microbiological method in uncomplicated ENT infections and is of great importance for a correct interpretation of the results of culture in severe infections. In life-threatening cases it may even be of a crucial value.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0017-6192
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
475-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
[Current significance of Gram's stain in the treatment of ENT infections in the clinic and general practice].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Homburg/Saar.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract