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Sites for gram staining:

The Gram stain is used to provide preliminary information concerning the type of organisms present
directly from clinical specimens or from growth on culture plates. This stain is used to identify the
presence of microorganisms in normally sterile body fluids (cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural
fluid,

Csf:

A CSF smear is often combined with a CSF Gram stain to diagnose certain infectious diseases of your
central nervous system. These diseases include meningitis and encephalitis. Such diseases are caused by
viruses, fungi, bacteria, or other pathogens and result in inflammation of your central nervous system.
With a CSF Gram stain, a lab technician adds special dyes, or stains, and other solutions to the CSF smear
to help identify microorganisms. Certain types of bacteria and fungi are known to absorb the stains.
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Synovial fluid:

Gram Stain test is performed on a sample of synovial fluid to measure the level of Gram Stain in the
synovial fluid.It is performed to detect Infection of Synovial Fluid[CITATION Gra \l 1033 ]

Pleural fluid

A gram is one test that can be done on the pleural fluid involves placing the fluid onto a microscope slide
and mixing it with a violet stain (called a Gram stain). A laboratory specialist uses a microscope to look
for bacteria on the slide.

If bacteria are present, the color, number, and structure of the cells are used to identify the type of
bacteria[ CITATION Ple17 \l 1033 ]

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