sputum

Her own blood, sputum, and hair was included for analysis as well.

One sputum test is not enough: many people seem to quickly clear the infections on their own.

When his sputum turned from green to red, I knew there wasn't much time left.

She gave me a big bottle to spit sputum in.

So I checked the computer to see what bacteria were in her sputum culture.

Do you have small streaks of bright red blood in your sputum?

She wiped the sputum on her sleeve and went back to work.

They got samples of sputum and put it under a microscope.

Sputum testing was not carried out as part of the selection process.

About half the patients died within 30 days of the time their sputum was collected and sent to a laboratory.

The only positive thing was the gram stain of the sputum.

If there is any blood in the sputum, this should also be on the swab.

Older adults may have only a slight cough and no sputum.

Like the sputum test, the only available medicines to treat the disease are from another era.

"I had to clear some carbonaceous sputum," the Doctor said.

Sputum may be produced from the lung by coughing but is often hard to bring up.

As the disease progressed, sputum became free flowing and bright red.

His sputum had been collected multiple times testing for tuberculosis.

You may also be asked to cough up phlegm for a sputum test.

For five minutes he moved only to lean forward and cough up residual sputum.

On the black ground, the sputum made a bright pink scrawl.

A man comes into the hospital with fever and a cough producing green sputum.

Sputum culture results are of great value in determining antibiotic resistance.

Suddenly, she starts drooling blood and sputum from her mouth.

A person who has an infection or disease of the respiratory system may cough up sputum.