Does sputum culture affect the management and/or outcome of community-acquired pneumonia?

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dc.creatorShariatzadeh, M.R.
dc.creatorMarrie, T.J.
dc.date2014-06-17T08:45:10Z
dc.date2014-06-17T08:45:10Z
dc.date2009-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T06:33:50Z
dc.description792-799
dc.descriptionThis prospective study was conducted in 6 hospitals in Edmonton, Canada to determine the factors associated with obtaining sputum for culture and the effect of sputum culture on the management of patients with community-acquired pneumonia [CAP]. Participants were 1362 adults who were hospitalized with CAP. Sputum was obtained from 539 [39.6%] patients, of which 507 [94.1%] were good quality, acceptable for culture; 171 [33.7%] of these had a positive sputum culture.Levofloxacin, cefuroxime and azithromycin were the most common antibiotics prescribed for the groups with positive sputum culture and no sputum collection. Positive sputum culture was demonstrated in only a small number of patients with CAP; this did not affect antimicrobial therapy or mortality
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dc.identifier1020-3397
dc.identifierhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/1504/15_4_2009_0792_0799.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117700
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/208933
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.relationEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 15 (4), 792-799, 2009
dc.subjectCulture Media
dc.subjectPneumonia
dc.subjectProspective Studies
dc.subjectCommunity-Acquired Infections
dc.subjectPneumonia
dc.subjectTreatment Outcome
dc.subjectSputum
dc.titleDoes sputum culture affect the management and/or outcome of community-acquired pneumonia?

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