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Q: Can Anyone Help Me Decipher?
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teulada
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Hello,
i have received test results that my doctor asked me (sputum bacteriological exam). However he will not be available to read them until next week and I am curious.
Can anyone tell me what this means (actually I am translating this from a foreign language). Here goes:
direct exam
- gram coloration --> few cells/many leukocytes. Scarce mixed flora (?)
- ziehl-neelsen coloration --> no acid-alchool resistant bacilla.
Exam of culture (?) - no potentially pathogenic microorganisms.
What does this mean and what could it be my doctor wanted to find out?
thank you
i have received test results that my doctor asked me (sputum bacteriological exam). However he will not be available to read them until next week and I am curious.
Can anyone tell me what this means (actually I am translating this from a foreign language). Here goes:
direct exam
- gram coloration --> few cells/many leukocytes. Scarce mixed flora (?)
- ziehl-neelsen coloration --> no acid-alchool resistant bacilla.
Exam of culture (?) - no potentially pathogenic microorganisms.
What does this mean and what could it be my doctor wanted to find out?
thank you
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