An interdisciplinary research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has discovered a new group of bioactive natural compounds ...

Early signs of illnesses can often show up in unexpected places. Being able to identify them can help you get proper and ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Mucus, a fluid in your upper respiratory system, is usually clear. But a number of health conditions can cause it to turn brown. Also known as brown phlegm ...

In each case, 3 sputum specimens were examined by smear and culture for tubercle ... than it had been before the pneumonia. In some patients with diffuse chronic pulmonary disease, cough and ...

Most adult patients are experiencing an exacerbation of chronic lung disease, particularly chronic obstructive ... in some of the others, accepting that sputum culture is not a sensitive investigation ...

Pneumonia is one of the respiratory ... By checking the blood culture you can find out whether the child has an infection. However, because it is difficult to obtain sputum samples from children, this ...

Review of the literature shows a widely varying incidence of pneumonia in the pregnant population, reflecting both the population studied and the era in which the survey was conducted. Hopwood ...

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 ...

Contact your healthcare provider if you have chronic or concerning ... 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000236 MedlinePlus. Sputum culture. Gershman E, Guthrie R, Swiatek K, Shojaee S. Management of hemoptysis in ...

Emphysema is a progressive chronic lung condition in which the tiny air sacs ... This test is done on the material that is coughed up from the lungs and into the mouth. A sputum culture is often used ...

Objective To investigate the bacterial architecture in sputum from patients with acute and chronic lung infections ... of pathogens in the lower respiratory tract at each monthly culture for more than ...