Prospective Study of the Usefulness of Sputum Gram Stain in the Initial Approach to Community‐Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization
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- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (4) , 869-874
- https://doi.org/10.1086/318151
Abstract
From February 1995 through May 1997, we prospectively studied 533 patients with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in order to asKeywords
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