Reply to Musher

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

Editorial

Georgios D Kitsios et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1768-e1769.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1914.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
² Department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

No abstract available

Comment on

Sputum Gram Stain for Bacterial Pathogen Diagnosis in Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy and Yield.
Ogawa H, Kitsios GD, Iwata M, Terasawa T. Ogawa H, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 27;71(3):499-513. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz876. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31504334 Free PMC article.
Microscopic Examination of Gram-Stained Sputum: A Neglected Laboratory Modality.
Musher DM. Musher DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1767-e1768. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1913. Clin Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 34363085 No abstract available.