Journal article
Sputum plug selection under inverted microscopy improves microbial identification during exacerbations of airway diseases
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Salivary contamination decreases the yield of identifying potential airway bacterial and fungal pathogens in routine cultures of spontaneous or induced sputum during exacerbations of airway diseases. We investigated the utility of selecting out the squamous cells from sputum using inverted microscopy.
METHODS: Sputum was obtained from fifty subjects, then divided to facilitate parallel processing of paired samples for gram-stain and …
Authors
Lim H; Ho T; Kjarsgaard M; Efthimiadis A; Yamamura D; Nair P
Journal
Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 134, , pp. 92–94
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.rmed.2017.11.016
ISSN
0954-6111