Reappraisal of Lung Tap: Review of an Old Method for Better Etiologic Diagnosis of Childhood Pneumonia

Identification of the etiology of childhood pneumonia is difficult, even in the cases that most likely have bacterial origins. A positive blood culture result is diagnostic but rare (

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2001-03, Vol.32 (5), p.715-726
Main Authors: Vuori-Holopainen, Elina, Peltola, Heikki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Antimicrobials
Aspiration pneumonia
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system
Bacterial pneumonia
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle - adverse effects
Blood
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Etiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Lung - microbiology
Lung - pathology
Lung - virology
Lungs
Medical sciences
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Pneumonia, Bacterial - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
Pneumothorax
Review Article
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Summary:Identification of the etiology of childhood pneumonia is difficult, even in the cases that most likely have bacterial origins. A positive blood culture result is diagnostic but rare (
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/319213