Source: International Congress 2018 – Predicting the future: biomarkers of respiratory infection
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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K. Shibutani (Tokyo, Japan), R. Tsugitomi (Tokyo, Japan), R. Imai (Tokyo, Japan), H. Kanemura (Tokyo, Japan), K. Ishii (Tokyo, Japan), K. Okafuji (Tokyo, Japan), A. Kitamura (Tokyo, Japan), E. Hoshino (Tokyo, Japan), H. Ono (Kumamoto, Japan), Y. Tomishima (Tokyo, Japan), T. Jinta (Tokyo, Japan), N. Nishimura (Tokyo, Japan), T. Tamura (Tokyo, Japan). The association between phagocytes in Gram-stained sputum and detection of causative organisms. 2616

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