title: A study of the agglutinin response in 40 cases of bacterial pneumonia.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis