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Gram‐ghost bacilli

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 05 Oct 2018 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Journal of General and Family Medicine, volume 20, pages 31-32 (issn: 2189-7948, eissn: 2189-7948,

Authors: Naoto Hosokawa; Hirokazu Kuroda;

doi: 10.1002/jgf2.212

pmid: 30631658

pmc: PMC6321829

Gram‐ghost bacilli

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Abstract

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.

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Kameda Medical Center
Japan

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