Sputum

"Sputum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Material coughed up from the lungs and expectorated via the mouth. It contains MUCUS, cellular debris, and microorganisms. It may also contain blood or pus.

Descriptor ID	D013183
MeSH Number(s)	A12.200.808
Concept/Terms	Sputum Sputum Sputums Sputum, Induced Sputum, Induced Induced Sputum Induced Sputums Sputums, Induced

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Anatomy [A]
Fluids and Secretions [A12]
Bodily Secretions [A12.200]
Sputum [A12.200.808]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2004	2	0	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2016	0	3	3
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	2	2
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1

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Kumar NP, Moideen K, Viswanathan V, Sivakumar S, Ahamed SF, Ponnuraja C, Hissar S, Kornfeld H, Babu S. Heightened Microbial Translocation Is a Prognostic Biomarker of Recurrent Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Nov 14; 75(10):1820-1826.

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Kumar NP, Moideen K, Nancy A, Viswanathan V, Thiruvengadam K, Nair D, Banurekha VV, Sivakumar S, Hissar S, Kornfeld H, Babu S. Plasma Chemokines Are Baseline Predictors of Unfavorable Treatment Outcomes in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 11 02; 73(9):e3419-e3427.

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Kumar NP, Moideen K, Nancy A, Viswanathan V, Shruthi BS, Sivakumar S, Natarajan M, Kornfeld H, Babu S. Plasma chemokines are biomarkers of disease severity, higher bacterial burden and delayed sputum culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis. Sci Rep. 2019 12 03; 9(1):18217.

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Kumar NP, Fukutani KF, Shruthi BS, Alves T, Silveira-Mattos PS, Rocha MS, West K, Natarajan M, Viswanathan V, Babu S, Andrade BB, Kornfeld H. Persistent inflammation during anti-tuberculosis treatment with diabetes comorbidity. Elife. 2019 07 04; 8.

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Liu X, Hou XF, Gao L, Deng GF, Zhang MX, Deng QY, Ye TS, Yang QT, Zhou BP, Wen ZH, Liu HY, Kornfeld H, Chen XC. Indicators for prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis positivity detected with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Infect Dis Poverty. 2018 Mar 24; 7(1):22.

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Kumar NP, Moideen K, Sivakumar S, Menon PA, Viswanathan V, Kornfeld H, Babu S. Modulation of dendritic cell and monocyte subsets in tuberculosis-diabetes co-morbidity upon standard tuberculosis treatment. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2016 12; 101:191-200.

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Almeida-Junior JL, Gil-Santana L, Oliveira CA, Castro S, Cafezeiro AS, Daltro C, Netto EM, Kornfeld H, Andrade BB. Glucose Metabolism Disorder Is Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Individuals with Respiratory Symptoms from Brazil. PLoS One. 2016; 11(4):e0153590.

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Chang AB, Oppenheimer JJ, Weinberger M, Rubin BK, Irwin RS. Children With Chronic Wet or Productive Cough--Treatment and Investigations: A Systematic Review. Chest. 2016 Jan; 149(1):120-42.

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Pollack MP, Pringle C, Madoff LC, Memish ZA. Latest outbreak news from ProMED-mail: novel coronavirus -- Middle East. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb; 17(2):e143-4.

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Schmidlin EJ, Sundaram B, Kazerooni EA. Computed tomography screening for lung cancer. Radiol Clin North Am. 2012 Sep; 50(5):877-94.

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