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MISLEADING SPUTUM CARTONS [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1960 Waxed paper sputum cartons obtained from the manufacturers contained very few organisms. Similar cartons which had been stored in hospital wards were often contaminated with hospital dust. This contamination was sometimes sufficiently marked to be misleading. Coliform organisms are particularly liable to cause confusion.
C G, THOMAS, F J, GIBBS
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Methodological Aspects of Induced Sputum
Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 2023 We aimed to conduct a state-of-the-art review of the current literature and offer further insights into the methodological aspects concerning induced sputum.
Silvano Dragonieri +4 more
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Diagnostics, 2023 Identification of the bacterial etiology of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) is crucial to ensure a narrow-spectrum, targeted antibiotic treatment.
Mariana B. Cartuliares +6 more
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Role and Significance of Bioactive Substances in Sputum in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2021 The incidence rate of lung cancer is one of the highest incidence of malignancies in China. The gold standard for diagnosis requires pathological examination or cytological examination of biopsy.
Yuming JIN +4 more
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Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2011 Tuberculosis (TB) is a problem of public health that causing high morbidity and mortality rates in various countries in the world. The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults can be established based on the discovery of M.
Ni Sayu Dewi B +3 more
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Immunocytochemistry on sputum samples predicts prognosis of lung cancer
Journal of Cytology, 2019 Context: Despite sputum cytology being accepted as a simple and noninvasive diagnostic method for lung cancer, the clinical usefulness of sputum for evaluation of prognosis is yet to be explored.
V S Veena +5 more
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Journal of Cytology, 2013 Black-pigmented sputum, also called "melanoptysis," is a symptom that may be observed in certain pathologies such us coal workers' pneumoconiosis (anthracosis). The cavitation and liquefaction of a fibrosed mass by an infectious process (tuberculosis, infections by anaerobes, etc.) or by ischemic necrosis may cause expectoration of a blackish secretion.
Rafael Martínez-Girón +2 more
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Losses along the tuberculosis sputum sample referral cascade for Mpongwe District, Zambia
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2023 Background: In resource limited-settings, timely tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis depends upon referral of sputum samples from non-diagnostic to diagnostic facilities for examination.
Lyson Nkhoma +7 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease in which the bacterial colonization of the lung is linked to an excessive inflammatory response that leads to respiratory failure. The microbiology of CF is complex.
Maryury Brown-Jaque +10 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Aspergillus fumigatus triazole resistance is an emerging concern for treating chronically infected/colonized patients. This study sought to evaluate the performance of PCR assays to detect Aspergillus fungi together with azole resistance in sputum ...
Hélène Guegan +7 more
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