Sputum color: Potential implications for clinical practice

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-454

  Johnson, Allen L ^a   Hampson, David F ^b   Hampson, Neil B ^c  

^a Polyclinic   (United States)

^b St Mary Medical Center   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Gram stain; Infection; Laboratory; Microbiology; Predominant organism; Prescription; Respiratory; Sputum color

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION; AMBULATORY CARE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPUTUM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENTIAN VIOLET; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PHENAZINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPUTUM;

EID: 48049098457     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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