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CALLIE Thankyou for your reply. You say you've never stained any seminal fluid, but how would you know what was on the swab? I have had absolutely NO symptoms that would indicate an infection. No fever, no pain, no burning, no problems of any kind. You work in a lab, so perhaps you could answer this question for me: After the lab report is filed, is the sample or the grams stain saved, or is it discarded? Thanks for your time. (and wisdom)

Hello everyone, I have a very important question for a medical lab technician concerning a Gram Stain test that was done on a penile discharge swab recently. It is my understanding that gram stain is designed specifically to determine the presence of bacteria, and to determine if it is positive or negative. My question is, would this gram stain test determine if there were any sperm present as well? The reason I ask is because I am quite sure that I was leaking a seminal fluid, even though the lab report shows gram positive cocci in clusters and chains, and under "organisms isolated", Enterococcus faecalis is listed. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any help with this matter.