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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...
Autores principales: | Saukkoriipi, Annika, Palmu, Arto A., Jokinen, Jukka |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2019
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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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