Rapid diagnosis of infectious pleural effusions by use of reagent strips

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 914-919

  Azoulay, E ^a   Fartoukh, M ^a   Galliot, R ^a   Baud, F ^a   Simonneau, G ^a   Le Gall, J R ^a   Schlemmer, B ^a   Chevret, S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEST STRIP;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; EMPYEMA; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034452055     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318140     Document Type: Article

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