Sputum colour reported by patients is not a reliable marker of the presence of bacteria in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 583-588

  Daniels, J M A ^a   de Graaff, C S ^a   Vlaspolder, F ^a   Snijders, D ^a   Jansen, H M ^b   Boersma, W G ^a  

^a Northwest Clinics   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour; COPD; Exacerbation; Infection; Sputum

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953948178     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02892.x     Document Type: Article

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