Values of 1 and 2 reflected the nature of mucoid sputum (opaque or milky), whereas values of 3 to 8 reflected increasing yellow-green coloration up to the darkest color observed in sputum from ...

Results: A positive bacterial culture was obtained from 84% of patients sputum if it was purulent on presentation compared with only 38% if it was mucoid (p < 0.0001). When restudied in the stable ...

Three months previously he had a cough that was productive of large amounts of mucoid, brownish sputum. Three weeks before entry increasing fatigue and slightly blood-streaked sputum were observed.