Sputum induction as a diagnostic tool for community-acquired pneumonia in infants and young children from a high HIV prevalence area

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-62

  Zar, Heather J ^a,b   Tannenbaum, E ^a   Hanslo, D ^a   Hussey, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child; Induced sputum; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH LAVAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM;

EID: 0038044563     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10302     Document Type: Article

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