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The Diagnostic Utility of Induced Sputum Microscopy and Culture in Childhood Pneumonia. [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017
BACKGROUND.: Sputum microscopy and culture are commonly used for diagnosing the cause of pneumonia in adults but are rarely performed in children due to difficulties in obtaining specimens.
Adrian, Peter V, Ahmed, Dilruba, Alam, Muntasir, Awori, Juliet O, Baggett, Henry C, Brooks, W Abdullah, Deloria Knoll, Maria, DeLuca, Andrea N, Driscoll, Amanda J, Feikin, Daniel R, Hammitt, Laura L, Higdon, Melissa M, Howie, Stephen RC, Karron, Ruth A, Kotloff, Karen L, Kwenda, Geoffrey, Levine, Orin S, Machuka, Eunice M, Madhi, Shabir A, Makprasert, Sirirat, McLellan, Jessica, Moore, David P, Morpeth, Susan C, Murdoch, David R, Mwaba, John, Mwarumba, Salim, O'Brien, Katherine L, Park, Daniel E, PERCH Study Group, Prosperi, Christine, Sangwichian, Ornuma, Scott, J Anthony G, Sissoko, Seydou, Tapia, Milagritos D, Thea, Donald M, Watson, Nora L, Zeger, Scott L   +36 more
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Induced sputum versus bronchial washings in the diagnosis of sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important public health problems worldwide. Detecting patients with active pulmonary TB (PT) is an important component of TB control programs.
Gopathi Nageswar Rao, Mandava Venu, Namballa Usha Rani, Makala Sravani   +3 more
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The profile of respiratory pathogens in induced sputum of elderly and non-elderly asthmatics [PDF]

Central European Journal of Immunology, 2020
Aleksandra Wardzyńska, Małgorzata Pawełczyk, Anna Głobińska, Joanna S. Makowska, Marek L. Kowalski   +4 more
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Secreted osteopontin is highly polymerized in human airways and fragmented in asthmatic airway secretions. [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundOsteopontin (OPN) is a member of the small integrin-binding ligand N-linked glycoprotein (SIBLING) family and a cytokine with diverse biologic roles.
Arjomandi, Mehrdad, Donde, Aneesh, Frelinger, Jessica, Raymond, Wilfred, Wong, Hofer, Yellamilli, Amritha   +5 more
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Sputum procalcitonin: a potential biomarker in stable bronchiectasis

ERJ Open Research, 2021
Sputum procalcitonin is elevated in exacerbations of bronchiectasis. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether sputum procalcitonin levels are higher in patients with stable bronchiectasis than in healthy controls.
William Good, Gene Jeon, Irene Zeng, Louanne Storey, Helen Qiao, Stuart Jones, Sarah Mooney, Lata Jayaram, David Holland, Conroy Wong   +9 more
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Diagnostic yield of direct smear, concentrated smear, liquid culture, and GeneXpert by sputum induction in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2022
Background: Spontaneous sputum smear gave negative results in clinically and radiologically suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients. Hence, the study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of induced sputum with direct smear, concentrated smear ...
A Sivaprakasam, V Gangadharan, G Karthiga, P Anandeswari   +3 more
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Macrophage enrichment from induced sputum [PDF]

Thorax, 2007
Since induced sputum has become a widely used non-invasive method of recovering cells from the surfaces of the bronchial airways, isolating specific cell populations will be necessary in order to learn more about their specific role in innate immunity and inflammation in the airways.
Liv I B, Sikkeland, Johny, Kongerud, Astrid M, Stangeland, Terje, Haug, Neil E, Alexis   +4 more
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Features and clinical significance of airway microbiota in patients with neutrophilic asthma

Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2022
Objective To explore the characteristics and clinical significance of airway microbiota in the patients with neutrophilic asthma. Methods Induced sputum samples were collected from 44 patients with clinically stable neutrophilic asthma attending the ...
YANG Rui, ZHANG Qiao, WANG Yan, LI Hong, REN Zhidong, MA Qianli   +5 more
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Some factors influencing quality of spontaneous or induced sputum for inflammatory cell analysis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
predict the quality of the sputum samples obtained in a large group of asthmatic subjects. Methods. We compared the presence of sputum productive cough in the days preceding the test, easiness in expectoration during the test, and sputum macroscopic ...
M.L. Bartoli, E. Bacci, S. Cianchetti, F.L. Dente, A. Di Franco, B. Vagaggini, M. De Santis, E. Masino, P.L. Paggiaro   +8 more
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Reliability of induced sputum test is greater than that of throat swab test for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19: A multi-center cross-sectional study

Virulence, 2020
We previously reported that sputum induction was more sensitive than throat swabs for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in two convalescent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients; however, the value and ...
Tianwen Lai, Fangfei Xiang, Jianfeng Zeng, Yingzi Huang, Liping Jia, Hui Chen, Jiayuan Wu, Jianfeng Xie, Shuna Liu, Wei Deng, Weiqiang Zheng, Yang Huang, Qinfu Zhang, Qingfeng Luo, Fan Mo, Lieming Long, Wuying Zhang, Wenna Chen, Huanqin Han   +18 more
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