Relation of sputum colour to bacterial load in acute exacerbations of COPD

Summary Background When COPD patients present with an exacerbation, one cannot verify a bacterial cause of an exacerbation without time-consuming laboratory analyses. This makes it difficult to decide up front if antibiotic treatment is needed. Therefore, in clinical practice sputum colour and purul...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Respiratory medicine 2009-04, Vol.103 (4), p.601-606
Hauptverfasser:	Brusse-Keizer, M.G.J, Grotenhuis, A.J, Kerstjens, H.A.M, Telgen, M.C, van der Palen, J, Hendrix, M.G.R, van der Valk, P.D.L.P.M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Bacterial infections Bacterial load Bacteriological Techniques Biological and medical sciences C-Reactive Protein - metabolism Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma Color COPD Drug therapy Female Hospitalization Humans Interleukins - blood Interleukins - metabolism Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Netherlands Pigmentation Pneumology Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - drug therapy Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - microbiology Pulmonary/Respiratory Sputum - microbiology Sputum colour Studies Suppuration - microbiology
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