| Literature DB >> 239258 |
S B Thorsteinsson, D M Musher, T Fagan.
Abstract
In a prospective study of patients with acute pneumonia, the results of bacteriologic analysis of sputum, transtracheal aspirate (TA), and bronchial aspirate (BA) were compared. Streptococcus pneumoniae was grown from all three sources as the predominant organism in 13 of 16 cases; the remaining three patients had nonbacterial lung disease. These data support the traditional concept that culture of the sputum is highly reliable in providing a correct diagnosis in acute pneumonia.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID： 239258
Source DB: PubMed Journal: JAMA ISSN： 0098-7484 Impact factor: 56.272