Your doctor may also have you do regular sputum culture testing to monitor the health of your lungs after an illness or if you have a chronic lung condition. There are two ways to produce a sputum ...

Although often independently classified, the diagnosis of pneumonia ... culture-based pathogen detection (e.g., 5h for Unyvero HPN and 60-90 minutes for FilmArray). When sputum is expectorated ...

The body produces mucus, also known as phlegm or sputum ... for pain relief. Chronic bronchitis lasts at least 3 months and is recurring. It is a symptom of other lung conditions, including ...

Many studies have investigated the management and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), but ... semiquantitative or a quantitative sputum culture), and the absence of a new ...

Pneumonia, in simple terms ... KFT), procalcitonin levels, blood culture, and sputum examination by stain and culture. For ...

Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia was recognized from the consistent ... with a 3 months' history of fever, cough, mucoid sputum, chills, night sweats, dyspnea and a weight loss of 20.4 kg (45 ...

The color of this mucus can highlight the type of infection and other lung ... as sputum. This color can change over time, for example, from white to green and yellow. People with chronic or ...

Another option is a sputum culture: You cough into a container, and the test scouts for M. pneumoniae in your phlegm—but these bacteria don't always stick around in the sample. (Because neither ...

“Asthma is a chronic lung condition that causes inflammation ... or fungal), and sometimes sputum culture or other tests. Regarding how to treat pneumonia, Dr Modi said, “Treatment depends ...

The clinical trial findings are important, as there are currently no FDA-approved medications for bronchiectasis, a chronic condition with persistent lung airway inflammation and infection.