Gram or gram--to capitalize or not to capitalize??
Posted By: starstruck on 2008-09-02
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Subject: Gram or gram--to capitalize or not to capitalize??
I never got this right during training and I'm having flashbacks! Is this word capitalized or not when it's the test? HEELLLPPP.
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Subject: No, don't cap gram-negative. The test Gram stain is capitalized - per Stedmans Inf Dis Book. -sm
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Subject: It should be Gram's stain, the formal name, or the result was gram negative.... then not.....nm
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