Journal article
The Efficiency of Sputum Cell Counts in Cystic Fibrosis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Technical factors relating to processing viscid sputum in cystic fibrosis (CF) and their influence on the reproducibility and validity of cell counts need to be evaluated. In addition, the methods need to be standardized so that they can be applied clinically and in research.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the efficiency, reliability and validity of processing small volumes of spontaneously expectorated sputum from subjects with CF.
Authors
Jayaram L; Labiris NR; Efthimiadis A; Vlachos-Mayer H; Hargreave FE; Freitag AP
Journal
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 99–103
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2007
DOI
10.1155/2007/679742
ISSN
1198-2241