Prospective clinical and microbiological study of pleural effusions

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Ferrer, A ^a   Osset, J ^a   Alegre, J ^a   Surinach J M ^a   Crespo, E ^a   Fernandez De Sevilla T ^a   Fernandez F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TUBE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032701348     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050270     Document Type: Article

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