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… Test Overview Sputum is a thick fluid made in the lungs and in the airways leading to the lungs. A sputum culture is a test to find germs (such as …
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… File #51a Tuberculosis (TB) . What is sputum? Sputum (or phlegm) is mucus that you cough up … 2 tests will be done on your sputum: Smear Culture For the smear, lab staff will look at …
Medical tests
… Test Overview A rapid sputum tests is used to diagnose tuberculosis … show that a person probably has TB. Rapid sputum tests are also called nucleic acid … best ways to diagnose TB is through a sputum culture. A sputum culture is a test to find …
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… bloody mucus from the lungs (called sputum) for more than 2 weeks. Tiredness and … test a sample of mucus from the lungs (sputum) to see if there are TB bacteria in it. … will also look at the results of a: Sputum culture . Testing mucus from the lungs (sputum …
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… (MRI) Mediastinoscopy Nicotine Tests Rapid Sputum Tests for Tuberculosis (TB) Sleep Studies Sputum Culture Sputum Cytology Thoracentesis …
Medical tests
… ). More tests—such as a chest X-ray, a sputum culture , or both—are usually done to see if … ). More tests—such as a chest X-ray, a sputum culture , or both—are usually done to …
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… more Chest X-Ray Complete Blood Count (CBC) Sputum Culture Treatment Overview If pneumonia is … more Chest X-Ray Complete Blood Count (CBC) Sputum Culture Treatment Overview If pneumonia …
