Sputum Gram stain
Definition
A sputum Gram stain is a laboratory test that uses a series of stains to check for bacteria in a sputum sample. Sputum is the mucous material that comes up from your air passages when you cough very deeply.
A sputum Gram stain is a laboratory test that uses a series of stains to check for bacteria in a sputum sample. Sputum is the mucous material that comes up from your air passages when you cough very deeply.
A sputum culture may reveal Candida species, and a sputum Gram stain may reveal WBCs and fungal cells if the respiratory tract is infected.
If an infiltrate is present, diagnostic studies should include sputum Gram stain and culture and blood cultures. Chest x-ray may be normal in Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, but hypoxia is usually present.
Analysis of a sputum sample (sputum culture, sputum gram stain)
Blood tests (including an arterial blood gas)
Chest x-ray
CT scan of the chest
Pulmonary function tests ...
Sputum gram stain
Nearsightedness
Chest tomogram
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Port-wine stain
Exercise - colds and flu
Prostate cancer - genetic and other markers
Epididymitis
Pregnancy - identifying fertile days
Iodine in diet ...
 See also: X-Ray, Symptom, Fusion, Pneumonia, Bacterial
  
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