Volume : IX, Issue : XI, November - 2019

CORRELATION OF DIRECT GRAM SMEAR FINDINGS WITH BACTERIAL ISOLATION IN SPUTUM OF PATIENTS.

Adhavan. I, Dr. P. A. T. Jagadeeshwari

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Introduction:– The Gram stain is a bacteriological laboratory technique used to differentiate between gram positive and gram negative bacteria. The most important primary test performed directly on clinical specimen is gram staining. Aims and Objective:– To correlate the gram stain findings with the bacteria isolated from the sputum samples obtained from patients Materials required:– This is a retrospective study conducted for a period of 6 months (June 2018 and December 2018) at Department of Microbiology in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai. Results:– The sputum collected from 109 patients from different departments was sent to the microbiology laboratory and following data has been arrived. Conclusion:– 1. Most common bacterial isolate from sputum was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 2. The presence of pus cells between 10 to 25 had a better correlation than that of pus cells less than 10. 3. The epithelial cells had an inverse correlation with isolation of pathogen.

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CORRELATION OF DIRECT GRAM SMEAR FINDINGS WITH BACTERIAL ISOLATION IN SPUTUM OF PATIENTS., ADHAVAN.I, Dr.P.A.T.JAGADEESHWARI INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-11 | November-2019

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