Should quantitative cultures be routinely used in diagnostic worn-up of pneumonia?;Quantitative kulturen in der pneumoniediagnostik - Eine methode fur die routine?

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-169

  Ewig, Santiago ^a   Marklein, Günter ^b   Nachtsheim, Karl Heinz ^b   Schäfer, Harald ^a   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pneumonia; Quantitative cultures

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PNEUMONIA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032521586     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03044833     Document Type: Review

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