Tracheal aspirate Gram stain has limited sensitivity and specificity for detecting Staphylococcus aureus.


Abstract

In this study, the tracheal aspirate Gram stain read by an experienced clinician who was not a microbiologist, was not accurate enough to reliably predict the growth of S. aureus.


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Publication date

2011-04-20


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Respirology
Respirology (1440-1843)

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Eng.


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Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)

Mountain Falls Pulmonary Clinic, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.


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Respirology. 2011 Jan;16(1):86-9



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