Sometimes signs of chronic and serious diseases can show up in the most unexpected ways and places. One such condition is Bronchiectasis. It is a chronic lung condition that damages your airways, ...

Most adult patients are experiencing an exacerbation of chronic lung disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), when neutrophilic inflammation in response to bacterial ...

Decreased levels of resolvin D1 are linked to prolonged respiratory symptoms and slower clinical recovery in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

What is Pneumonia? What Causes Pneumonia in Children? What are the Risk Factors for Children Who Are Vulnerable to Pneumonia? 1. Have a Weak Immune System 2. Have certain diseases 3. Living in an ...

This fairly recent rise in the incidence of pneumonia reported by the Madinger and Berkowitz series relative to Benedetti may be a reflection of the increasing frequency of chronic illness among ...

Lung and airway disease was assessed by chest computed tomography (CT), pulmonary function test, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT), and sputum culture. Tph cells ...

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Sputum may contain dead cells, foreign debris inhaled into the lung, bacteria, and white blood cells that protect the airway from infection. The quantity, texture, and color of sputum can help to ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung condition in which the air sacs (alveoli) may be destroyed, narrowed, collapsed, stretched, or overinflated.

For lung infections, this paradigm has been thought to be supported by observations of how bacteria proliferate in well-established growth media in the laboratory—the gold standard of microbiology.

People with chronic or long-lasting bronchitis may find that phlegm has flecks of red where blood has entered the sputum, according to a 2023 review.

This cross-sectional prospective study included 92 AE-COPD patients with pneumonia and 46 without pneumonia. Sputum specimens were cultured and examined for bacterial identification, and antimicrobial ...