Diagnostic Value of Microscopic Examination of Gram-Stained Sputum and Sputum Cultures in Patients with Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia
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- 15 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (2) , 165-169
- https://doi.org/10.1086/421497
Abstract
Clinicians continue to question the usefulness of microscopic examination of Gram-stained sputum specimens (Keywords
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