Sputum colour for diagnosis of a bacterial infection in patients with acute cough

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-73

  Altiner, Attila ^a,d   Wilm, Stefan ^a   Däubener, Walter ^b   Bormann, Christiane ^a   Pentzek, Michael ^a   Abholz, Heinz Harald ^a   Scherer, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute cough; Bacterial infection; Diagnostic test; Family practice; General practice; Respiratory tract infection; Sputum colour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; COLOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; SPUTUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLOR; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149110375     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430902759663     Document Type: Article

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