Sputum colour: a useful clinical tool in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Murray et al, Eur Respir J 2009, DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00163208 Colour of phlegm can predict outcomes for patients with ...

Over the past decades, bronchiectasis has been neglected, despite the global burden.1,2 To date, better diagnosis due to easy ...

33.9%). On the same note, 35.4% of patients with bronchiectasis had difficulties getting a sputum culture at the beginning of an infection. Result delays were also noted by 29.6% of patients ...

What Is the Next Step in the Protocol for the Diagnosis of ABPA? A peripheral blood eosinophil count, serum precipitins (or IgG) against A. fumigatus and a chest radiograph along with a high ...

Bronchiectasis is a long-term condition where the airways of the lungs become widened, leading to a build-up of excess mucus that can make the lungs more vulnerable to infection. When asthma and ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia amid pre-existing lung conditions like bronchiectasis and ... expectoration sputum production are some of the common symptoms.