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Bronchitis how is a sputum culture done?
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Sample...: Basically you cough some sputum into a specimen cup obtained from the lab. The best specimen is obtained from an early morning cough.
Answered 11/11/2015
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Cough and spit: Sputum in expelled into a cup and it is examined under a microscope and smeared on culture plate for organisms to grow.
Answered 8/24/2012
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