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Comparison of sputum counterimmunoelectrophoresis and culture in diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.

The diagnostic value of counterimmunoelectrophoresis performed on sputum was compared with that of sputum culture. The detection of pneumococcal polysaccharide in sputum showed a better correlation with the presence of pneumococcal pneumonia than the recovery of pneumococci by culture. The authors c...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Downes, B A, Ellner, P D
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1979
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC273242/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/44516/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.10.5.662-665.1979
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