Sentence examples for sputum test from inspiring English sources

One sputum test is not enough: many people seem to quickly clear the infections on their own.

"It is common for an HIV-positive person to develop TB, and in Uganda you can't start TB treatment without a clear diagnosis, which starts with a sputum test.

Its essence is the meticulous recording of each event in a patient's treatment, from diagnosis (usually by sputum test, not X-ray) to the administration of many pills and eventually to confirmation of cure.

Sputum test was negative for acid fast bacilli.

And if so, can it be used, either alone or together with sputum test, as a rapid on-the-spot marker for field diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Ally Bolour, an immigration attorney in Los Angeles, has already worked with ten clients, including José, who have fallen into the sputum test loophole.

He was referring to sputum tests, which are often inaccurate.

Sputum tests to find cancer cells and chest X-rays failed to save lives.

Most helpful, both for smokers and nonsmokers, will be sputum tests that detect genetic changes, protein markers or volatile organic chemicals characteristic of lung cancer cells, Dr. Bach said.

Sputum tested positive for AFB.

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