Validation of blood culture gram staining for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus by the 'oozing sign' surrounding clustered gram-positive cocci: a prospective observational study.
Yoshiro HadanoMiwako IsodaKazushige IshibashiTatsuyuki KakumaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
The 'oozing sign' observed in Gram staining may be useful for the rapid prediction of S. aureus in BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles.