Sentence examples for sputum tests from inspiring English sources

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.

In "Overdiagnosis in Cancer" doctors at Dartmouth classified 25 percent of breast cancers detected by mammography, 50 percent of lung cancers detected by chest x-ray or sputum tests, and 60 percent of prostate cancers detected by the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, as "overdiagnosed".

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

From October 1998 to February 2001, the following infection control measures were progressively implemented: isolation of TB suspects and confirmed TB inpatients, quick turnaround for acid-fast bacilli sputum tests and HCW education in use of protective respirators.

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 tested positive for AFB.

Sputum test was negative for acid fast bacilli.