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This just showed up in my portal….does anyone understand it
The last three items scaring me
Can anyone shed some light please…I see dr Daley Monday but I don’t like the sound of this report. HELP,
Respiratory Culture
Many normal respiratory flora
Gram Stain Evaluation
< 0 Epithelial cells seen per low powered field
Gram Stain Evaluation
< 0 WBC seen per low powered field
Gram Stain Evaluation
Moderate Gram positive cocci in pairs, chains and clusters
Gram Stain Evaluation
Rare Gram negative rods
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That doesn't seem scary to me. You have some bacteria that are gram negative - just a few and could be contamination (rare means hardly any) ; moderate gram positive bacteria - no WBC is good and 0 Epithelial cells is good (means that it was a deep mucus from your lungs and not from your mouth). The moderate gram positive bacteria (strep?) can be treated if necessary when identified. I am not a doctor and this is how I understood my own sample results.
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3 ReactionsHi Liz thank you…. I forgot to mention on my blog that the sample was taken from my first of three sputum samples here at NATIONAL JEWISH
Did you find out from the doctor what the sputum results mean?
No, the strains don’t show for four to x weeks.
I meant the info you already received-
“Respiratory Culture
Many normal respiratory flora
Gram Stain Evaluation
< 0 Epithelial cells seen per low powered field
Gram Stain Evaluation
< 0 WBC seen per low powered field
Gram Stain Evaluation
Moderate Gram positive cocci in pairs, chains and clusters
Gram Stain Evaluation
Rare Gram negative rods”
I am seeing the dr tomorrow. Will ask him……..thks