Sentence examples for sputum over from inspiring English sources
Our criteria only differed from the ATS criteria in that we required cough productive for sputum over one year rather than in two consecutive years.
These studies demonstrate the superiority of sputum over serum as a surrogate for tumour tissue to predict the methylation status of advanced lung cancer where biopsy is not feasible.
On the topic of specimen type, our data would emphasize the importance of sputum over bronchoscopy to evaluate for pulmonary Tb, since sputum was as or more sensitive than bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for Tb growth in all 9 instances where both were sent.
Briefly, 3 sequential respiratory expectorated or 2 induced sputum smears over the first 7 days following clinical evaluation were collected.
A pilot study of intramuscular rIFN-γ plus second-line anti-TB drugs over a 6-month period in 8 MDR-TB patients from Cuba showed sputum conversion over 1 3 months and marked improvement of radiographic abnormalities [17].
All sputum produced over the 60-minute period was collected [ 33].
We observe that in sputum samples over 1000 genes are differentially-variable at an FDR less than 0.1.
The study by Olivier et al. (14 ), which reported a lower prevalence, enrolled patients and prospectively obtained 3 sputum specimens over the course of 1 year.
In addition, liquefaction of the sputum specimen over time could contribute to false-positive readings, perhaps due to different absorption by the testing device.
Thus, for the sputum collections over the first two days of treatment KI (0-2) = (log10 cfu/ml pretreatment - log10 cfu/ml at 2 days)/ 2 and during the interval between day-2 and day-28, KI (2-28) = (log10 cfu/ml at 2 days - log10 cfu/ml at 28 days)/26.
In an archival study using exfoliated epithelial cells in sputum, hnRNP A2/B1 over-expression was considered to be a promising new diagnostic marker able to accurately predict lung carcinogenesis at least a year before the appearance of any cytological findings [ 19, 20].
