Methods: Fifty-nine workers with high exposures and 22 patients with low exposures to flavoringvapors completed a questionnaire, spirometry, and sputum induction. Sputum cell counts ...

With the implementation of a liquid culture method, the sensitivity of effusion culture was much higher than has been previously reported, and the combination of effusion and sputum cultures provided ...

Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Sputum Eosinophils are Complementary Tools for Diagnosing Occupational Asthma suggests a study published in the Allergy.Exposure-related changes in exhaled nitric ...

Rationale Proline–glycine–proline (PGP), a neutrophil chemoattractant derived from the enzymatic breakdown of collagen, is elevated in sputum of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

BACKGROUND Bacteriological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis is difficult in infants and young children. In adults and older children, sputum induction has been successfully used; this technique ...

We hypothesised that gradations of sputum colour would correlate directly with the myeloperoxidase content of sputum and with various other indicators of the activity and consequences of bronchial ...

The diagnosis of TBM and miliary TB was finally confirmed by positive CSF and sputum culture of Mycobacterium ... Because of the high mortality and treatable characteristics of CNS TB, physicians ...

Researchers have identified a new population of immune cells that may play a crucial role in the severity of asthma symptoms.

"Our Hamilton-based group has been world leaders in evaluating the type of inflammation in the airways using methods developed to sample and examine sputum. We sought to better understand the ...

A 36-year-old South American woman treated for a Hashimoto’s disease, with irrelevant family history, was referred to the emergency department due to intermittent fever, fatigue, mild dyspnoea and dry ...