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2140. Utility of Respiratory Specimen Gram Stain for Predicting Final Culture Result in Patients with Clinically Diagnosed Pneumonia
BACKGROUND: Obtaining a high-quality respiratory tract specimen for Gram stain and culture in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections is recommended by the IDSA guidelines. However, conflicting results correlating Gram stain with final culture growth has led to questions about the...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810247/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1820 |