The Efficiency of Sputum Cell Counts in Cystic Fibrosis

Lata Jayaram; N Renee Labiris; Ann Efthimiadis; Helen Vlachos-Mayer; Frederick E Hargreave; Andreas P Freitag

doi:10.1155/2007/679742

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2007)

The Efficiency of Sputum Cell Counts in Cystic Fibrosis

Lata Jayaram,
N Renee Labiris,
Ann Efthimiadis,
Helen Vlachos-Mayer,
Frederick E Hargreave,
Andreas P Freitag

Affiliations

Lata Jayaram: Airways Research Group, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
N Renee Labiris: Airways Research Group, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ann Efthimiadis: Airways Research Group, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Helen Vlachos-Mayer: Airways Research Group, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Frederick E Hargreave: Airways Research Group, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Andreas P Freitag: Airways Research Group, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/679742
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 99 – 103

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Technical factors relating to processing viscid sputum in cystic fibrosis (CF) and their influence on the reproducibility and validity of cell counts need to be evaluated. In addition, the methods need to be standardized so that they can be applied clinically and in research.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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