WCLN: Gram Stain – The Basics

Presenter: Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Director, Microbiology Laboratories, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois   This two-part workshop will provide a complete review of the Gram stain. Specimen selection, smear preparation, staining, microbial morphotype recognition and reporting, inflammatory cells and indicators of pathology, and clinical interpretation. […]

WCLN: Gram Stain – Interpretations

Presenter: Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Director, Microbiology Laboratories, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois   This two-part workshop will provide a complete review of the Gram stain. Specimen selection, smear preparation, staining, microbial morphotype recognition and reporting, inflammatory cells and indicators of pathology, and clinical interpretation. […]