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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Sputum colour for diagnosis of a bacterial infection in patients with acute cough

Attila Altiner Department of General Practice, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, DüsseldorfCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stefan Wilm Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten
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Walter Däubener Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
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Christiane Bormann Department of General Practice, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
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Michael Pentzek Department of General Practice, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
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Heinz-Harald Abholz Department of General Practice, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
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Martin Scherer Department of General Practice, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Pages 70-73 | Received 28 Aug 2008, Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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