2006Respiratory MedicineOpen access

Routine use of pleural fluid cultures. Are they indicated?

David Jiménez, Gerardo Gilberto Azúa Díaz, Sergio García-Rull, Rafael Vidal, Antonio Sueiro, Richard W. Light

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Key concepts: Medicine, Pleural fluid, Pleural effusion, Parapneumonic effusion, Gram staining, Internal medicine, Microbiological culture, Antibiotics

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