Gram‐ghost bacilli

A 76‐year‐old man presented with a 3‐day history of a productive cough and right chest pain on inspiration. The Gram stain of the sputum showed unstained bacilli and polynuclear leukocytes, suggesting a diagnosis of pulmonary acid‐fast bacillus infection. Mycobacteria can be identified by Gram stain...

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Autores principales: Kuroda, Hirokazu, Hosokawa, Naoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6321829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30631658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.212
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description A 76‐year‐old man presented with a 3‐day history of a productive cough and right chest pain on inspiration. The Gram stain of the sputum showed unstained bacilli and polynuclear leukocytes, suggesting a diagnosis of pulmonary acid‐fast bacillus infection. Mycobacteria can be identified by Gram staining and are reported to be Gram‐neutral or Gram‐ghost, and recognition of Gram‐ghost bacilli in the initial specimen may assist in distinguishing mycobacterial infection from community‐acquired pneumonia.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-63218292019-01-10 Gram‐ghost bacilli Kuroda, Hirokazu Hosokawa, Naoto J Gen Fam Med Images in Clinical Medicine A 76‐year‐old man presented with a 3‐day history of a productive cough and right chest pain on inspiration. The Gram stain of the sputum showed unstained bacilli and polynuclear leukocytes, suggesting a diagnosis of pulmonary acid‐fast bacillus infection. Mycobacteria can be identified by Gram staining and are reported to be Gram‐neutral or Gram‐ghost, and recognition of Gram‐ghost bacilli in the initial specimen may assist in distinguishing mycobacterial infection from community‐acquired pneumonia.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6321829/ /pubmed/30631658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.212 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6321829/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.212
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