Culture from Epipharynx of Little Value in Bacterial Pneumonia
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 19 (3) , 309-312
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548709018476
Abstract
In 75 patients with acute pneumonia of moderate severity a comparative study between transtracheal aspiration (TTA), sputum culture and epipharynx culture was carried out. Organisms considered as the probable etiological agent were found in 53 % with TTA. The same organisms were found in only 27 % in sputum samples and in 21 % in epipharynx samples. No serious complications with TTA was noted.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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