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The Diagnostic Utility of Induced Sputum Microscopy and Culture in Childhood Pneumonia

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2017

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David R. Murdoch, Susan C. Morpeth, Laura L. Hammitt, Amanda J. Driscoll, Nora L. Watson, Henry C. Baggett, W. Abdullah Brooks, Maria Deloria Knoll, Daniel R. Feikin, Karen L. Kotloff,
Clinical Infectious Diseases

Abstract

The findings of this study do not support the culture of induced sputum specimens as a diagnostic tool for pneumonia in young children as part of routine clinical practice.

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