Sentence examples for sputum testing from inspiring English sources
AK performed the induced sputum testing.
Sputum testing is less sensitive, especially in non-neutropenic patients.
Lower nadir CD4 counts were no longer associated with increased chance of sputum testing and bronchoscopy.
As a result, our study cannot determine the utility of an enhanced sputum testing protocol at this site.
The study's main limitation was the absence of sputum testing in patients in whom the primary care physicians did not suspect tuberculosis.
In light of the small number of specimens positive for B. pseudomallei we could not ascertain an advantage to the use of the enhanced sputum testing protocol.
Sputum tested positive for AFB.
His sputum tested smear-positive for acid-fast bacilli.
Sputum tested for acid fast bacilli was negative.
Additionally, the sputum tested strongly positive with both Y. pestis antigen dipsticks.
Among the 21 patients whose sputum tested positive for Legionella spp. infections, median age was 40 years (range 19 59 years; Figure 1), and 11 (52%) were males.
