Pseudomeningitis Again: Association with Cytocentrifuge Funnel and Gram-stain Reagent Contamination

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 456-458

  Southern Jr , Paul M ^a,b   Colvin, Debra D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BODY FLUID; CELL CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GRAM STAINING; MENINGITIS; MICROCOCCUS; PATIENT CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

CENTRIFUGATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHENAZINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0029892491     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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