Effect of sputum induction by hypertonic saline on specimen quality

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 211-214

  Chuard, Christian ^a   Fracheboud, Dominique ^a   Regamey, Claude ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEBULIZATION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SALIVA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM;

EID: 0034983446     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00231-0     Document Type: Article

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