Sputum gram stain and culture

SPUTUM Gram Stain1+ Squamous Epithelial Cells 2+ Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes 2+ Mixed Gram Positive Organisms 2+ Normal Flora Is this normal.

Why is it youre negative in sputum test but positive in sputum culture?

What type of doctor can order a sputum culture?

Sputum test negative awaiting for the culture in 3 weeks. How like to be positive ?I have TB latent but with symptoms for active TB.

How is a sputum culture obtained when you are being tested?

Bronchitis how is a sputum culture done?

Why would someone need a sputum fungal culture test?

Why would a 4 year old be diagnosis w pseudomonas from a sputum culture?

What's the purpose of having an acid-fast staining performed on a sputum sample from a patient exhibiting clinical signs of tuberculosis?

My sputum culture had klebsiella oxytoca, had no symptoms my sputum was tested for something else. Now I have a cold, possible to get k.Pneumoniae?

How infectious am I? I am awaiting sputum culture results to confirm whether I have MDR TB. In the interim,I have been placed on Rifafour. How infectious will I be once on these meds for 2 weeks? Will it assist in any way?

Why would one use macconkey agar to plate throat, sputum, and wound cultures? What are they looking for?

4 week lab culture of pertulent sputum culture came back as Anaerobic Prevotella betalac+ scant growth and HI heavy growth, on his 6th abcess! help!

I feel I have phlegm in the throat for 3 months, sputum occasionally, mostly in the morning. I had a blood stained sputum today, what could it be?

Whats a sputum culture?

Currently I am on tb medication. After how much time usually, sputum culture gets negative? If it is active and pulmonary tb. And does afb sputum culture indicate that tb medication is in the sputum or not?

Hi. I have abpa. I have now been diagnosed with mai with a sputum culture and lung infections that are not responding to prednis...How should I treat?

Hi, I had a barium swallow x-ray in February, which was normal. now having some minor issues. Also coughing some blood stained sputum, Is it possible for Esophageal cancer to be advanced now 10 months later. How long does it take to develop. Thanks.

What does Mixed flora, and many WBC's and few epithelial cells mean in a sputum culture? I have CVID and interstitial lung disease.

Cough for last 4 days. Almost no cough at daytime but sever cough in night that sometimes i have to vomit. Taking amoxil, cpm & freehaler for 2 days it only improved little. History of pulmonary tuberculosis but sputum culture was -tive. Time toheal?