"Gram Staining in 2024: A Timeless Tool or an Obsolete Practice?"
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In 2024, is Gram staining still important? When I was a medical student, intern, and resident, we had to collect specimens from patients (sputum from pneumonia patients, urine from kidney infection (pyelonephritis) patients, cerebrospinal fluid from meningitis patients) and do our own Gram staining on them. Why is this still important today? Or if you disagree, why is it not important anymore?
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