doi: 10.1128/jcm.6.1.62-65.1977.
Value of sputum culture in diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia
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- DOI: 10.1128/jcm.6.1.62-65.1977
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Value of sputum culture in diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia
J Clin Microbiol.
1977 Jul.
Abstract
In our laboratory, culture of sputum was extremely useful in diagnosing the etiology of pneumococcal pneumonia. Of 31 consecutive patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, 29 (94%) had Streptococcus pneumoniae cultured from sputum. Recovery of pneumococci in culture was enhanced by anaerobic incubation as well as by a plate bile test and an optochin disk on a primary blood agar plate.
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