The value of routine microbial investigation in community-acquired pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 313-317

  Woodhead, M A ^a   Arrowsmith, J ^a   Chamberlain Webber, R ^b   Wooding, S ^b   Williams, I ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Albans City Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0025823333     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(06)80103-4     Document Type: Article

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