Role of the microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 742-748

  Reimer, Larry G ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; GRAM STAINING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031957615     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514583     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Rodnick JE, Gude JK. Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. West J Med 1991;154:405-9.
2. Lentino JR, Lucks DA. Nonvalue of sputum culture in the management of lower respiratory tract infections. J Clin Microbiol 1987;25:758-62.
3. Monso E, Ruiz J, Rosell A, et al. Bacterial infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A study of stable and exacerbated outpatients using the protected specimen brush. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;152:1316-20.
4. Haas H, Morris JF, Samson S, et al. Bacterial flora of the respiratory tract in chronic bronchitis: comparison of transtracheal, fiberbronchoscopic, and oropharyngeal sampling methods. Am Rev Respir Dis 1977;116:41-7.
5. Gump DW, Phillips CA, Borsyth BR, et al. Role of infection in chronic bronchitis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1976;113:465-74.
6. Philit F, Etienne J, Calvet A, et al. Infectious agents associated with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and attacks of asthma. Rev Mal Respir 1992;9:191-6.
7. Antibiotics for exacerbations of chronic bronchitis? [editorial]. Lancet 1987;2:23-4.
8. Chodosh S. Treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: state of the art. Am J Med 1991;91:87S-92S.
9. Moine P, Vercken J-P, Chevret S, et al. Severe community-acquired pneumonia. Etiology, epidemiology, and prognosis factors. Chest 1994;105:1487-95.
10. American Thoracic Society. Guidelines for the initial management of adults with community-acquired pneumonia: diagnosis, assessment of severity, and initial antimicrobial therapy. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993;148:1418-26.
11. Fine MJ, Orloff JJ, Arisumi D, et al. Prognosis and outcomes of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Am J Med 1990;88:5-1N-5-8N.
12. Marrie TJ. Community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis 1994;18:501-15.
13. Bartlett JG. IDCP guidelines: lower respiratory tract infections. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 1996;5:147-67.
14. Lode H. Initial therapy in pneumonia. Clinical, radiologic, and laboratory data important for the choice. Am J Med 1986(suppl 5C):70-4.
15. Fang G-D, Fine M, Orloff J, et al. New and emerging etiologies for community-acquired pneumonia with implications for therapy. A prospective multicenter study of 359 cases. Medicine (Baltimore) 1990;69:307-16.
16. Bartlett JG, Mundy LM. Community-acquired pneumonia. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1618-24.
17. Yu VL, Kroboth FJ, Shonnard J, Brown A, McDearman S, Magnussen M. Legionnaires' disease: new clinical perspective from a prospective pneumonia study. Am J Med 1982;73:357-61.
18. Barrett-Connor E. The nonvalue of sputum culture in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia. Am Rev Respir Dis 1970;103:845-8.
19. Lode H, Schaberg T, Raffenberg M, Mauch H. Diagnostic problems in lower respiratory tract infections. J Antimicrob Chemother 1993;32(suppl A):29-37.
20. Stulbarg MS. Problems in diagnosing pneumonia - Medical Staff Conference, University of California, San Francisco. West J Med 1984;140:594-601.
21. Fishman JA, Roth RS, Zanzot E, Enos EJ, Ferraro MJ. Use of induced sputum specimens for microbiologic diagnosis of infections due to organisms other than Pneumocystis carinii. J Clin Microbiol 1994;32:131-4.
22. Murray PR, Washington JA. Microscopic and bacteriologic analysis of expectorated sputum. Mayo Clin Proc 1975;50:339-44.
23. Wong LK, Barry AL, Horgan SM. Comparison of six different criteria for judging the acceptability of sputum specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1982;16:627-31.