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I had a sputum test and the resulta were as follows - few epithelial cells, few white cells. mixed flora seen on gram stain. what does this mean?

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Normal: That sounds like a normal sputum smear. Does not rule anything out for sure but the report is normal.

Answered 3/25/2017

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