TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic value of chest x-ray in patients with suspected infection and no respiratory signs or symptoms
AU - de Stoppelaar, Sacha F.
AU - Pereverzeva, Liza
AU - Hafkamp, Bram
AU - Lips, Nikki
AU - Tielbeke, Floor
AU - Rustenburg, Linde
AU - Hoogerheide-Wiegerinck, Caroline
AU - de Heer, Koen
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Suspicion of an infection without localizing signs or symptoms is a common problem. A chest x-ray (CXR) is often performed to rule out pneumonia. Our prospective cross-sectional study suggests that a CXR has no diagnostic value in patients without respiratory signs or symptoms, if a reliable medical history can be obtained.
AB - Suspicion of an infection without localizing signs or symptoms is a common problem. A chest x-ray (CXR) is often performed to rule out pneumonia. Our prospective cross-sectional study suggests that a CXR has no diagnostic value in patients without respiratory signs or symptoms, if a reliable medical history can be obtained.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85101310523&origin=inward
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32617380
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/OFID/OFAA221
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/OFID/OFAA221
M3 - Article
C2 - 32617380
SN - 2328-8957
VL - 7
JO - Open forum infectious diseases
JF - Open forum infectious diseases
IS - 6
M1 - ofaa221
ER -