Dubourg G., Abat C., Rolain J. M., Raoult Didier. (2015). Correlation between sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cultures. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 (3), p. 994-996. ISSN 0095-1137.
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Correlation between sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cultures
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015,
53 (3), p. 994-996 ISSN 0095-1137
A correlation study of the cultured bacteria from paired sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples was performed. The rates of concordant culture-positive paired specimens that were isolated within 1 or 7 days were 93.7% and 96.5%, respectively, suggesting that the culture of readily collectable sputum specimens may result in useful microbiologic diagnosis.
