Sputum Induction in Children Is Feasible and Useful in a Bustling General Hospital Practice

We prospectively studied the feasibility and effectiveness of sputum induction in obtaining good quality sputum and its subsequent bacterial yield in children with clinically suspected acute lower-respiratory-tract infection (aLRTI). Good quality sputum was collected in 89/98 (91%) patients. Sputum...

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Autores principales: Bart, Ingeborg Y., Mourits, Mariëlle, van Gent, René, van Leuken, Maarten H., Hilbink, Mirrian, Warris, Adilia, Wever, Peter C., de Vries, Esther
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27336008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X16636504
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Sumario:We prospectively studied the feasibility and effectiveness of sputum induction in obtaining good quality sputum and its subsequent bacterial yield in children with clinically suspected acute lower-respiratory-tract infection (aLRTI). Good quality sputum was collected in 89/98 (91%) patients. Sputum cultures revealed ≥1 bacterial pathogens in 22 cases (25%). Adverse events were infrequent and mild (6%). Sputum induction is feasible in young children and leads to an increased number of etiological diagnoses of aLRTI.

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