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