The Diagnostic Utility of Induced Sputum Microscopy and Culture in Childhood Pneumonia

BACKGROUND. Sputum microscopy and culture are commonly used for diagnosing the cause of pneumonia in adults but are rarely performed in children due to difficulties in obtaining specimens. Induced sputum is occasionally used to investigate lower respiratory infections in children but has not been wi...

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Autores principales: Murdoch, David R., Morpeth, Susan C., Hammitt, Laura L., Driscoll, Amanda J., Watson, Nora L., Baggett, Henry C., Brooks, W. Abdullah, Deloria Knoll, Maria, Feikin, Daniel R., Kotloff, Karen L., Levine, Orin S., Madhi, Shabir A., O’Brien, Katherine L., Scott, J. Anthony G., Thea, Donald M., Adrian, Peter V., Ahmed, Dilruba, Alam, Muntasir, Awori, Juliet O., DeLuca, Andrea N., Higdon, Melissa M., Karron, Ruth A., Kwenda, Geoffrey, Machuka, Eunice M., Makprasert, Sirirat, McLellan, Jessica, Moore, David P., Mwaba, John, Mwarumba, Salim, Park, Daniel E., Prosperi, Christine, Sangwichian, Ornuma, Sissoko, Seydou, Tapia, Milagritos D., Zeger, Scott L., Howie, Stephen R. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5447842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28575362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix090

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