Nonvalue of sputum culture in the management of lower respiratory tract infections.

Establishment of the microbiological etiology of bacterial pneumonia by sputum culture is confounded by both lack of recovery of fastidious pathogens and contamination of specimens with oropharyngeal flora. We reviewed the clinical records from 249 patients over a 3-month period for evidence of pneu...

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Main Authors: Lentino, J R, Lucks, D A
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 1987
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Research Article
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC266084/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2438299
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