title: The nonvalue of sputum culture in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*