Thea DM, Hammitt LL, Seidenberg P, et al. Limited utility of polymerase chain reaction in induced sputum specimens for determining the causes of childhood pneumonia in resource-poor settings: findings ...

Previous publications [2,3] showed that inhalation exposure to an artificial flavoring mixture used in producing microwave popcorn was implicated as causing disease. In this study, we evaluated if ...

Allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (HSCT) is now widely used to treat many hematologic malignancies. Unfortunately, pulmonary complications are frequent after this type of transplantation and are a major ...

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 ...

This study was conducted in a microwave popcorn plant in November 2001. Of 149 current workers, 140 participated in the survey. Of the 140 participants, 32 were excluded from sputum induction: 27 ...