Culture of all sputum samples irrespective of quality adds value to the diagnosis of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly

Culture of expectorated sputum in the microbiological diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is considered valid only if high-quality (HQ) samples are obtained, but evidence regarding pneumococcal etiology specifically is lacking. We studied 323 radiologically confirmed CAP cases in patient...

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Autores principales: Saukkoriipi, Annika, Palmu, Arto A., Jokinen, Jukka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6570659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30949897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03536-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6570659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30949897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03536-9

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