1. Sputum

2. Three sputum specimens should be collected (or gastric aspirates in children too young to produce sputum).

3. CT, sputum, two venograms.

4. She's coughing up white sputum.

5. During # sputum samples were examined

6. Device and method for inducing sputum

7. Method of early lung cancer detection via sputum induction and analysis of sputum to detect cancer associated substances

8. If this sputum specimen is AFB-negative on smear, two successive early morning sputum specimens should be obtained.

9. Sputum of chronic bronchitic patients was examined by rotoviscometry.

10. Viable bacteria in the sputum of the source case.

11. Almost all experience fever, while around half have cough with sputum, and one-third cough up blood or bloody sputum.

12. 5. Collection of an induced sputum specimen 6.

13. Sputum dissolving suctioning solution for endotracheal and tracheostomy tubes

14. Product and process for liquefaction of mucus or sputum

15. • Increased sputum production, often with change in character from mucoid to purulent

16. Culture of sputum, pleural fluid and blood grewA. xylosoxidans.

17. Serum and sputum concentrations of ampicillin or amoxycillin were measured in patients admitted to hospital for acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis with purulent sputum.

18. The differentiated need for a microbiological sputum screening is emphasized.

19. He began to expectorate small amounts of blood - streaked sputum.

20. Retention of sputum is a serious complication following major abdominal or thoracic surgery.

21. Histamine injected in similar concentrations as that measured in the sputum causes bronchoconstriction.

22. In cases with negative sputum smears bronchoscopy should be performed.

23. A microbiological diagnosis from blood or sputum is difficult to establish.

24. • Cough; initially dry, later productive of white, yellow or green sputum

25. Eosinophilic leukocytes are common in gonorrheal pus and in Asthmatic sputum

26. Positive sputum culture or non-quantitative LRT specimen culture (PN 4)

27. These DNA strands contribute considerably to the viscosity of CF sputum.

28. These precautions should be maintained until three consecutive sputum smears are negative.

29. The ciprofloxacin concentration in the sputum consists of # % of the serum concentration

30. Permanent yellow or greenish sputum decoloration is suggestive of chronic bacterial colonization.

31. Red blood cells also accumulate, giving the sputum a characteristic “rusty” appearance.

32. The tracheal aspirate provided a better basis for the bacteriological diagnosis than did sputum cultures.

33. A quantitative sputum culture is recommended for diagnosing chronic obstructive bronchopulmonary disease.

34. Sputum expelled with air from your ice lung will come out frozen

35. Office workers have less prevalence of cough and sputum production than industrial workers.

36. First, our population was limited to patients with sputum-smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis.

37. The most common symptoms of Bronchiectasis include: a persistent cough that usually brings up phlegm (sputum)

38. Samples are obtained by the use of a specially-designed sputum collector or ’probang’.

39. If the test is positive ("sputum smear positive"), the case is considered highly infectious.

40. Evidence of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) at microscopic examination of spontaneous or induced sputum

41. Bronchorrhea is the production of more than 100 mL per day of watery sputum.

42. For such patients, if facilities for culture are available, sputum cultures should be obtained.

43. Samples are obtained by the use of a specially-designed sputum collector or ‘probang’.

44. COUGH AND SPUTUM PRODUCTION – – – – – – – – Acute bronchitis Pneumonia Asthma TB COPD Bronchiectasis Lung abscess Lung cancer

45. Instant image availability reduces waiting time and speeds up sputum analysis and access to treatment.

46. Specimen Aspirate of buboes, blood, CSF, sputum, tracheal washes or autopsy materials for culture C

47. And MRI, sputum and ACE ruled out TB, sarcoidosis and lymphoma, which leaves us with...

48. This one's a specimen of his sputum, and here's one of the bullets Kleber recovered.

49. Today’s standard TB detection method, examining sputum under a microscope, was developed over a century ago.

50. I'm gonna want you to plant a PPD and induce a sputum to confirm the TB.

51. The group of fresh — cavernous — tuberculoses required the shortest period (1–5 months) to sputum conversion.

52. He had enjoyed good health until Oct. 19 when he gradually developed cough and purulent sputum.

53. The national tuberculosis programme and Health Alliance International introduced rapid testing of smear-negative sputum samples.

54. Over time, a dry Cough can often become a productive Cough as the lungs produce more sputum

55. N-acetylcystein and 0.9% NaCl-aerosol did influence neither the volume nor the rheological properties of sputum.

56. Mean peak serum concentrations averaged 12.8 mg/l with mean peak sputum concentrations of 1.8 mg/l.

57. The most common symptoms of infections withH. influenzae are cough, dyspnoea, increase in purulent sputum and wheezing.

58. 29 Method 26 cases with lower lung field shadow and sputum smear negative were chosen for bronchoscopy.

59. 25 Patients M M and M26 were inpatients when the epidemic strain was first cultured from their sputum.

60. When dyspnoea, fever or purulent sputum occurs, a doctor or a qualified health care practitioner should be consulted.

61. Those with Legionnaires' disease usually have fever, chills, and a cough, which may be dry or may produce sputum.

62. With Bronchiectasis, you can experience a daily cough with thick sputum that doesn't improve or resolve on its own

63. A chest X-ray and multiple sputum cultures for acid-fast bacilli are typically part of the initial evaluation.

64. Bronchiectasis is a disorder characterized radiographically by irreversible bronchial dilatation and clinically by cough, sputum production, and recurrent respiratory tract infections

65. Bronchiectasis is a problem with the lungs, where you cough up lots of phlegm, or sputum: far more than usual

66. In medicine, sputum samples are usually used for naked eye exam, microbiological investigations of respiratory infections, and cytological investigations of respiratory systems.

67. Ampicillin Assessment •Assess patient for infection (vital signs, wound appearance, sputum, urine, stool, and WBC) at beginning of and throughout therapy

68. Most strains of this organism are found in sputum from the respiratory tract with strains found rarely in the lymph nodes.

69. ‘The questionnaire was based on his Byssinosis study and emphasized work-related symptoms such as chest tightness, cough, sputum production, breathlessness, day …

70. Naked eye exam of sputum can be done at home by a patient in order to note the various colors (see below).

71. ‘The questionnaire was based on his Byssinosis study and emphasized work-related symptoms such as chest tightness, cough, sputum production, breathlessness, day …

72. Methacholine challenge test and measurement of percentage of eosinophils in hypertonic saline-induced sputum were performed before and after the treatment period.

73. 1 Method Cultivation results of blood, sputum, dejecta, uria, abdominal draining juice and clinic data were collected from 129 systemic fungal infection patients.

74. Bloodroot acts as an expectorant that is a chemical used to throw the sputum and phlegm out of the upper respiratory tract

75. Conclusions. Use of 3 induced sputum samples was more sensitive than use of 3 gastric washings for diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients who could not expectorate spontaneously.

76. Some physicians will insist that these patients are isolated until their sputum is smear negative, or even culture negative (which may take many months, or even years).

77. Battey bacillus: a bacterial species found in lung lesions and sputum of humans; may cause bone and tendon-sheath lesions in rabbits; some strains are pathogenic for mice

78. Such color hints are best detected when the sputum is viewed on a very white background such as white paper, a white pot, or a white sink surface.

79. 23 Method:The diagnosis was made according to clinical manifestation, cytology, bacteriology, OT, chest X-ray film, bronchoscopy, lung CT, MRI, sputum tuberculin PCR and the other related examinations.

80. Review of Organism Density and Bacteriologic Conversion of Sputum among Tuberculosis Patients The Contagiousness of cholera generally is less a unit than the Contagiousness of a single case.