Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnostic tests in lower respiratory tract infections
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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H. Ono, N. Nishimura, N. Chohnabayashi, O. Takahashi, K. Furukawa (Tokyo, Japan). Sputum gram-stain phagocyte examination: sensitivity and specificity for identifying causative organisms of pneumonia. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2216

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