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How long does the sputum culture take?
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A 37-year old female asked:
why is it youre negative in sputum test but positive in sputum culture?
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A 33-year old asked:
What type of doctor can order a sputum culture?
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Bronchitis How is a sputum culture done?
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A 40-year old asked:
Why would a person need a sputum microbial culture test?
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A 24-year old male asked:
He have cough with blood stained sputum. The cough began Yesetareday then today he got blood stained sputum, pain during cough on chast?
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A 42-year old asked:
What's the purpose of having an acid-fast staining performed on a sputum sample from a patient exhibiting clinical signs of tuberculosis?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I feel I have phlegm in the throat for 3 months, sputum occasionally, mostly in the morning. I had a blood stained sputum today, what could it be?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Hi. I have abpa. I have now been diagnosed with Mai with a sputum culture and lung infections that are not responding to prednis...How should I treat?
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A 48-year old asked:
Does cough and colds can be cause of sputum?
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A 44-year old asked:
Have had sputum for a long time. What can I do to cure this?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Cough since 2 months and light green coloured sputum. cough only in dusty surroundings. pls help?
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A 32-year old asked:
Why do smokers cough up sputum?
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A 30-year old asked:
I have coughed up blood and sputum earlier and they subsided. What are the drugs i could start using?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Can sputum color change color after you cough it up? ie: go from pink to orange?
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A 44-year old asked:
Coughed some bloody sputum or phlegm? Having sinus problems too. Must be related?
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A 45-year old male asked:
My sputum test said Moderate Budding yeast cells with pseudo hypase what it indicates ?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My housemate is positive for TB (sputum test). Is it very possible that I am already infected with TB?
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A 36-year old asked:
I have had a violent cough with clear, thick sputum and wheezing for five months. What's wrong with me?
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A 32-year old male asked:
my sputum analysis report is negative. what does that mean? does it follow that i do not have ptb or pneumonia?
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A 38-year old asked:
I stopped smoking two months ago and I still cough up sputum sometimes in the morning. Will it ever go away completely?
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A 29-year old asked:
Doctor said I had chest infection n before that for weeks I had blood in sputum daily now I dun see blood anymore. Am I healing,? But still have sob
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A member asked:
I have had mucus in lungs and cough for the past 4-5 weeks. Cough and sputum has reduced much over this time but continues nevertheless. Any inputs?
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Hii am suffering from cold with greenish whitish thick excessive mucus with foul smell in mouth for more than 5 month.excessive thin sputum alltime .
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A 46-year old female asked:
About 3; wks ago I had the flu at that time I told the dr.I was hurting real bad in my face on the right side after 3 wks still hurting.green sputum?
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A male asked:
My baby 6 month old has cough week ago and still it is productive cough with no symptoms he eat well and happy i do not see any sputum i just hear it?
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A male asked:
My baby 6 month old has cough week ago and still it is productive cough with no symptoms he eat well and happy i do not see any sputum i just hear it?
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A 38-year old asked:
How does a decrease in fev1 and fvc relate to sputum (phlegm)?
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A 44-year old male asked:
blood in sputum.no cogh,no fever.no chest pa.n?
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A 42-year old asked:
Any good tips on getting sputum out?
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