Epithelial Cells Count and the Ratio of Leukocytes and Epithelial Cells as the Criteria to Determine Qualified Specimen for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)-causing Pathogens Identification
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious with serious rate of morbidity and mortality. Recent conventional method only described 30-50% of CAP etiology. Sputum specimen quality assessment is important to obtain an accessible CAP-causing pathogens identification....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Secretariat of The Indonesian Biomedical Journal
2020-03-01
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Series: | Indonesian Biomedical Journal |
Online Access: | https://inabj.org/index.php/ibj/article/view/873 |