Significats de positive sputum en anglès

Sensitivity was higher among children with a smear- positive sputum test.

A total of 244 smear- positive sputum specimens were collected from two referral hospitals in Mymensingh and Netrakona districts.

The objective of this study was to identify the clinical predictors of positive sputum cultures in this patient population.

Active tuberculosis and subclinical tuberculosis were defined as having any tuberculosis symptom or no tuberculosis symptoms with culture- positive sputum.

Twenty-one patients of 49 patients showed a positive sputum culture including 15 cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The percentage of positive sputum smear and culture test results were 30.7% and 61.5%, respectively.