Diagnostic value of microscopic examination of Gram-stained sputum and sputum cultures in patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia

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2004
Clinicians continue to question the usefulness of microscopic examination of Gram-stained sputum specimens ("Gram staining") and sputum culture for diagnosis of pneumonia. We analyzed the sensitivity of these techniques in 105 patients with pneumococcal pneumonia proven by blood culture. Gram staini …
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Authors Musher DM;Montoya R;Wanahita A;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2004
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support u.s. gov't non-p.h.s. Retrospective Studies sensitivity and specificity Evaluation Study bacteremia / complications community-acquired infections / microbiology pneumonia streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* anti-bacterial agents / pharmacology gentian violet phenazines pneumococcal / diagnosis sputum / microbiology* staining and labeling pneumococcal / microbiology* pmid:15307023 doi:10.1086/421497 daniel m musher roberto montoya anna wanahita bacteriological techniques* streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects streptococcus pneumoniae / growth & development

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