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Value of sputum Gram stain, sputum culture, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid Gram stain in predicting single bacterial pathogen among children with community-acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Currently, the microbial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children remains challenging. While Gram stain and sputum culture are commonly used to detect bacterial pathogens, it is unclear whether these approaches can predict single pathogen from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BA...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ruimu, Wu, Yue, Deng, Guangcheng, Deng, Jikui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36402959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02234-1