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. 1977 Jul;6(1):62–65. doi: 10.1128/jcm.6.1.62-65.1977

Value of sputum culture in diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.

W L Drew
PMCID: PMC274699  PMID: 18489

Abstract

In our laboratory, culture of sputum was extremely useful in diagnosing the etiology of pneumococcal pneumonia. Of 31 consecutive patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, 29 (94%) had Streptococcus pneumoniae cultured from sputum. Recovery of pneumococci in culture was enhanced by anaerobic incubation as well as by a plate bile test and an optochin disk on a primary blood agar plate.

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