Usefulness of sputum gram stain for etiologic diagnosis in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Implementation of sputum Gram stain in the initial assessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients is still controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the usefulness of sputum Gram stain for defining the etiologic diagnosis of CAP i...

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Auteurs principaux:	Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz, Juan F. Gutiérrez, Abel J. Triana, Jorge L. Molinares, Andrea B. Robledo-Solano, José L. Meza, Orlando M. Ariza-Bolívar, Jorge Acosta-Reyes, Argenis Garavito, Diego Viasus, Jordi Carratalà
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	BMC 2019-05-01
Collection:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Sujets:	Community-acquired pneumonia Sputum Gram Sensitivity Specificity Meta-analysis
Accès en ligne:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4048-6
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