Objective: Severe airways obstruction and bronchiolitis obliterans have been reported inmicrowave popcorn production workers and attributed to inhalation of flavoring agents. Weinvestigated whether ...

Lex C, Payne DN, Zacharasiewicz A, et al. Sputum induction in children with dif- ficult asthma: safety, feasibility, and inflammatory cell pattern. Pediatr Pulmonol 2005; 39:318-24. Das CK, Mirdha BR, ...

In today’s global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, children have become an invisible population – dying from this curable disease because they’re hard to find and difficult to diagnose. Often unseen by ...

A sputum stain for Mycobacteria is a laboratory test performed on a sample of your sputum, or phlegm. It’s also known as an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain or a tuberculosis (TB) smear. A doctor ...

The body produces mucus, also known as phlegm or sputum, to protect sensitive tissues in the airways. Changes in the sputum color, thickness, or quantity of phlegm may indicate a health problem, such ...