Diagnostic value of Gram stain and culture of sputum and endotracheal aspirates in bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-109

  Chuard, Christian ^a,b   Reller, L Barth ^b,c  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345490984     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00114.x     Document Type: Article

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