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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"induced sputum"”.
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Experiences of registered nurses of their role in carrying out the induced sputum procedure in diagnosing childhood Tuberculosis
… experiences of their role with regard to the induced sputum procedure to diagnose childhood TB.
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The burden of human coronavirus infection in children hospitalized with severe lower respiratory tract infection in Cape Town, South Africa (2012-2013)
… samples including a nasopharyngeal swab (NP) and induced sputum (IS) were taken and tested for the four strains of coronaviruses using FTD33 multiplex realtime PCR. Results: A total of 460 respiratory samples were analysed. Of these, 258 (56.0%) were male and 19 (4.1%) HIV infected. The median age …
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From sneeze to wheeze: Non-invasive studies on asthma and rhinitis
… had a greater perception of the obstruction induced during methacholine challenge test compared to patients with rhinitis and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. By using non-invasive techniques such as induced sputum, exhaled nitric oxide and impulse oscillometry in addition to bronchial …
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Evidence for enhanced oxidative stress in smokers with severe asthma
… relation to clinical outcomes. Methods Urine and induced sputum (IS) were obtained from severe asthma patients. A bronchoscopy to obtain bronchial biopsy (BB) and brushing (BBr) was performed in a subset of patients. Urinary 8-iso-PGF2a was quantified using mass spectrometry. IS, BB and BBr were …
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Airway inflammation, diagnosis, perception of asthma, and sputum zinc levels in a community cohort.
Induced sputum examination (IS), an established research tool to measure airway inflammation (AI), is normally confined to specialised institutions and selected populations with airway disease, especially asthma. This thesis examines the role of IS in the diagnosis of asthma in a community. The …
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Assoziation zwischen bronchialer Inflammation und anstrengungsinduzierter Bronchokonstriktion bei Kindern mit Asthma bronchiale
… Alle hatten anhand einer ECP- Konzentration im Sputum von 100 µg/l oder mehr eine definierte eosinophile Inflammation. Sechs Tage nach einer Sputuminduktion mit hypertoner NaCl- Lösung wurde eine Provokationstestung auf AIB durchgeführt. An beiden Tagen wurden zusätzlich Fluss- Volumen- Kurven, …
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Oxidative stress and metal homeostasis at the air-lung interface in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
… concentrations in exhaled breath condensate and induced sputum. Whilst these samples are easier to obtain than bronchoscopy-based lavage, there remains contention concerning how well they reflect the distal airway lining fluids and hence the actual disease state. In the present study, I therefore …
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Transcriptomic signatures of recurrent tuberculosis disease and treatment response in HIV-infected individuals
… nature of HIV-associated disease. A non-sputum based diagnostic test that is highly sensitive and specific, such as a blood-based RNA signature, would be an important new tool. Such a test may also facilitate monitoring of TB treatment, opening the possibility for customizing the duration …
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Does helminth treatment reduce the risk of active tuberculosis in a cohort of children from high tuberculosis risk population who have been vaccinated with BCG at birth?
… skin test, chest radiograph, gastric washing and induced sputum for culture of tuberculosis and clinical examination. A diagnostic algorithm was developed by specialist physicians and biostatisticians to classify the children into one of five tuberculosis categories. A total of 510 children …