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Sputum Gram stain for diagnosing causative bacterial pathogens and guiding antimicrobial therapies in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

OBJECTIVES: The clinical role of sputum Gram stain for rapid etiologic pathogen diagnosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains an unresolved controversy. Variability in protocols and reporting of diagnostic performance in different studies has hampered assessments of clinical...

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Autores principales: Ogawa, Hiroaki, Kitsios, Georgios D., Iwata, Mitsunaga, Terasawa, Teruhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Fujita Medical Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8766241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111507
http://dx.doi.org/10.20407/fmj.2018-019