Ghost mycobacteria on Gram stain

S Trifiro; A M Bourgault; F Lebel; P René

doi:10.1128/jcm.28.1.146-147.1990

Ghost mycobacteria on Gram stain

J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Jan;28(1):146-7. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.1.146-147.1990.

Authors

S Trifiro¹, A M Bourgault, F Lebel, P René

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.

Abstract

The Gram stain is a key tool in diagnostic microbiology. Its usefulness with respect to mycobacteria is undefined. The neutrality of mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis on Gram staining of various clinical specimens is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
Bacteriological Techniques
Gentian Violet*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections / complications
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
Phenazines*
Staining and Labeling

Substances

Gram's stain
Phenazines
Gentian Violet