| Literature DB >> 19547856 |
Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel1, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Renata Lyrio Peres, Moises Palaci, John L Johnson, Reynaldo Dietze.
Abstract
A comparative study to evaluate contamination in cultures of morning sputum samples, comparing those collected at home under currently recommended conditions and those collected under supervision after patient orientation and education. The home and supervised collection groups produced 43 and 76 sputum samples, respectively. The contamination rate was nearly 3-times higher among samples collected at home than among those collected under supervision (37% vs. 13%, p < 0.05; OR = 0.25). The simple educational and hygiene measures described can decrease the contamination rate among sputum samples collected for diagnostic culture.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19547856 DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000500012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bras Pneumol ISSN: 1806-3713 Impact factor: 2.624