Since you can’t identify bacteria from a gram stain, why might a physician perform a gram stain on a sample before prescribing an antibiotic?

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Charanraj Golla · Answer 1 · 2018-12-25T11:07:21+0000

To identify which type of antibiotics to use. There are antibiotics that are gram specific and there are broad spectrum antibiotics that are effective against both gram negative and gram positive

Since you can’t identify bacteria from a gram stain, why might a physician perform a gram stain on a sample before prescribing an antibiotic?

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