Sampling variability in the microbiological evaluation of expectorated sputa and endotracheal aspirates

Nagendra S; Bourbeau P; Brecher S; Dunne M; LaRocco M; Doern G

Sampling variability in the microbiological evaluation of expectorated sputa and endotracheal aspirates

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2001

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A five-center study was conducted with the aim of determining how reproducibly expectorated sputa and tracheal aspirates could be sampled when preparing Gram-stained smears and inoculating cultures. With both specimen types, excessive variation was noted among Gram stain results obtained from replic …

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Authors	Nagendra S, Bourbeau P, Brecher S, Dunne M, LaRocco M, Doern G Are you one of these authors? Claim your profile
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Year	2001
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URL	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11376088
Keywords	National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine reproducibility of results Evaluation Study Bacteria / isolation & purification* bacterial infections / microbiology culture media bacteriological techniques respiratory tract infections / microbiology sputum / microbiology* bacteria / classification pmid:11376088 pmc88142 doi:10.1128/jcm.39.6.2344-2347.2001 s nagendra p bourbeau g doern specimen handling / methods* trachea / microbiology*

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