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Similarly, another case-finding program supported by USAID in 27 of Pakistan’s districts has ceased, along with the means of transporting sputum samples, and community monitoring that aims to identify any barriers to TB treatment, Kinz ul Eman, CEO of the Dopasi Foundation, told CNN.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Typically, the choice of antibiotics is guided by culturing a sputum sample and testing it against a variety of antibiotics to see which will kill the bugs that have grown in the culture.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
More Weight Loss Than Competitors Covid-19 Infection Can Shrink Cancer Tumors
After 28 days, respiratory symptoms—coughing, wheezing, breathlessness and sputum—were better with benralizumab.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Usually, patients will have blood and other samples, such as sputum or pus, taken from a bubo.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Typically, the choice of antibiotics is guided by culturing a sputum sample and testing it against a variety of antibiotics to see which will kill the bugs that have grown in the culture.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
More Weight Loss Than Competitors Covid-19 Infection Can Shrink Cancer Tumors
After 28 days, respiratory symptoms—coughing, wheezing, breathlessness and sputum—were better with benralizumab.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Usually, patients will have blood and other samples, such as sputum or pus, taken from a bubo.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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“Sputum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sputum. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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