Sentence examples for negative sputum from inspiring English sources

The LOD was determined by spiking different amounts of P. aeruginosa ATCC9027 in a negative sputum sample.

He was compliant with drug therapy and had documented negative sputum tests after 2 weeks of treatment.

Clinicians need to decide whether to begin empiric therapy for patients who are suspected of having tuberculosis (TB) but have negative sputum smear results.

The following confirmation by negative sputum smear microscopy, an elective cesarean section with spinal anesthesia was performed at 33 weeks of gestation, and she safely delivered a female infant.

Culture conversion was defined as two consecutive negative sputum cultures at least one month apart.

Of the 132 patients with culture confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis, 28 had a negative sputum smear.

All control individuals had negative sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli tests and normal chest radiographs.

Cure was defined as at least five negative sputum cultures in the last 12 months of treatment.

Of 407 patients enrolled, 251 (62%) were eligible for this analysis by having negative sputum smears for AFB (Figure 1).

The icl2, hspx, and rRNAP1 genes were able to pick up 63.9%, 67.2%, and 58.75%, respectively, of culture-negative sputum specimens collected from clinically suspected tuberculosis patients.

This work aimed at developing a sensitive and specific diagnostic tool capable of detecting P. aeruginosa in culture-negative sputum from CF patients.