All patients with purulent sputum and 86.5% of the mucoid group complained of at least two of these symptoms. There was no difference between the two groups with respect to inhaled therapy (ß 2 ...

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 ...