Sputum colour: A useful clinical tool in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-364

  Murray, M P ^a,b   Pentland, J L ^a   Turnbull, K ^a   MacQuarrie, S ^a   Hill, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonisation; Bronchiectasis; Sputum colour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIECTASIS; COLOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIECTASIS; COHORT STUDIES; COLOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPUTUM;

EID: 69249096660     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00163208     Document Type: Article

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