title: Caution advisable when interpreting gram-stained smears of material from peritoneal paracentesis.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Heltberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005840:Gentian Violet; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010619:Phenazines; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: C035863:Gram's stain; D010619:Phenazines; D005840:Gentian Violet