First Lung sputum test results

Posted by kellyld @kellyld, 18 hours ago

Hi. I am new to the group. I just had a sputum test and I am very new to knowing what everything means. I have a follow up in January, but would like some insight if I should be concerned right now. The results showed rare epithelial cells, rare PMN WBC's, few gram positive cocci in pairs, and few gram negative rods. I am not used to this vocabulary yet. I have hEDS and I am very familiar with a lot of medical terms, but not these. Thanks.

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annagh | @annagh | 3 hours ago

I have a related question. My latest sputum results
CULTURE RESULT LOWER RESPIRATORY: 4+ Normal respiratory flora
Gram stain: Few Gram positive cocci.
Gram stain: Few Gram Positive Bacilli
Gram stain: Many PMNs present

It all looks good, and message from doctor is that it looks good, but that “many PMNs present” is puzzling to me. When I look it up it said that “Many PMNs" indicates a bacterial infection is present. So I’m wondering why that isn’t treatable?