saliva ejected from the mouth mixed with mucus or pus exuded from the respiratory passages, as in bronchitis or bronchiectasis
Word origin
C17: from Latin: spittle, from spuere to spit out
Examples of 'sputa' in a sentence
sputa
Each patient consented to provide 2 samples of raw sputa.
Peter M. Mbelele, Said Aboud, Stellah G. Mpagama, Mecky I. Matee 2017, 'Improved performance of Xpert MTB/RIF assay on sputum sediment samples obtained frompresumptive pulmonary tuberculosis cases at Kibong'oto infectious diseases hospitalin Tanzania', BMC Infectious Diseaseshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2931-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Twenty-two induced sputa (10 severe asthmatics) were studied.
Agnes Hamzaoui, Sana Cheik Rouhou, Hedia Graïri, Hanadi Abid, Jamel Ammar, HaneneChelbi, Kamel Hamzaoui 2006, 'NKT Cells in the Induced Sputum of Severe Asthmatics', Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/MI/2006/71214. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sputa were then collected monthly to determine the time to culture negativity.
Saumu Pazia Juma, Athanasia Maro, Suporn Pholwat, Stellah G. Mpagama, Jean Gratz,Alphonse Liyoyo, Eric R. Houpt, Gibson S. Kibiki, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Scott K. Heysell 2019, 'Underestimated pyrazinamide resistance may compromise outcomes of pyrazinamide containingregimens for treatment of drug susceptible and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis inTanzania', BMC Infectious Diseaseshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3757-1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients were reviewed clinically every month and two sputa were collected.
Swaminathan S, Padmapriyadarsini C, Ponnuraja C, Sumathi C, Rajasekaran S, AmerandranV, Reddy MVK, Deivanayagam C 2007, 'Miliary tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients not on antiretroviraltherapy: Clinical profile and response to shortcourse chemotherapy', Journal of Postgraduate Medicinehttp://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2007;volume=53;issue=4;spage=228;epage=231;aulast=Swaminathan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There were 73 smear-positive patients (42.9%) and 164 smear-positive sputa (33.3%).
Yoon Soon, Lee Nyoung, Yim Jae 2012, 'Impact of sputum gross appearance and volume on smear positivity of pulmonary tuberculosis:a prospective cohort study', BMC Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/172. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Jurisdictions that cultured a higher proportion of their smear-tested sputa identified a higher proportion of smear-negative cases.
María Susana Imaz, María Delfina Sequeira 2007, 'Diagnóstico bacteriológico de la tuberculosis en Argentina: resultados de una encuestanacional Bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculosis in Argentina: results of a nationalsurvey', Cadernos de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007000400016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Wood surfaces (41%), sputa (24%), catheters (15%) and bloods (14%) were the four dominant isolation sources.
Guangtao Huang, supeng yin, yali gong, Xia Zhao, Lingyun Zou, bei jiang, zhiwei dong,yu chen, jing chen, Shouguang Jin, zhiqiang yuan, Yizhi Peng 2016, 'Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanniiin a Chinese burns institute', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01717/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sputa were collected within 1, 3, and 5 days of ventilation and were divided into six groups.
Wei Lu, Jialin Yu, Qing Ai, Dong Liu, Chao Song, Luquan Li 2014, 'Increased constituent ratios of Klebsiella sp., Acinetobacter sp., and Streptococcussp. and a decrease in microflora diversity may be indicators of ventilator-associatedpneumonia: a prospective study in the respiratory tracts of neonates.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3930531?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Of 33 individuals positive for sputa culture, 10 individuals were observed to be stools culture positive.
Gizaw E Abaye, Tamrat Abebe, Adane Worku, Debela Tolessa, Gobena Ameni, Adane Mihret 2017, 'Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the stool of HIV sero-positive individualssuspected of pulmonary tuberculosis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5438117?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)