Kidney smears

Kidney smears

Direct examination of Gram stained kidney smears may give an indication of bacterial septicaemia. A small portion of kidney is emulsified in a loopful of sterile physiological saline on a microscope slide, air dried then fixed by passing the slide through a Bunsen flame several times. Direct observation of slide is carried out using the 40x and 100x (oil immersion) objectives after Gram’s staining.
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