PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nicholls, A C
AU  - Pease, P E
AU  - Green, I D
TI  - A study of the agglutinin response in 40 cases of bacterial pneumonia.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.28.6.453
DP  - 1975 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 453--456
VI  - 28
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/28/6/453.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/28/6/453.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1975 Jun 01; 28
AB  - Comparison of the results of cultures from blood and sputum with those of agglutinin response in 40 cases of bacterial pneumonia and 36 controls suggests that a provisional identification of causal bacteria, for purposes of antibiotic therapy, may be made by the serological tests with much greater rapidity and comparable accuracy. A combination of these methods is recommended.