Nonvalue of the initial microbiological studies in the management of nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 181-184

  Theerthakarai, Ravichandran ^a   El Halees, Walid ^a   Ismail, Medhat ^a   Solis, Roberto A ^a   Khan, M Anees ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Microbiolology; Sputum culture; Sputum Gram's stain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0035122683     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.181     Document Type: Article

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