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Gram stain of an intraocular sample demonstrating abundant pigment granules but no organisms. Pigment granules usually appear purple on Gram stain (a) and can be mistaken for Gram-positive cocci unless the fine-focus knob is rotated back and forth, which shows the hyperrefractile (coppery) color of the pigment granules (b).
