Usefulness of sputum culture for diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 362-367

  Cordero, E ^a   Pachon J ^a   Rivero, A ^b   Giron Gonzalez J ^c   Gomez Mateos J ^d   Merino, M ^e   Torres Tortosa, M ^f   Gonzalez Serrano M ^g   Aliaga, L ^h   Collado, A ⁱ   Hernandez Quero J ^j   Barrera, A ^g   Nuno E ^k  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL PUNTA DE EUROPA   (Spain)

^g Hospital del SAS   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^k Especialidad en Oftalmología Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía Vélez Málaga Málaga   (Spain)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SPUTUM;

EID: 0036327327     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0729-x     Document Type: Article

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