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rusty sputum

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rust·y sputum (r

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n.

A reddish-brown, blood-stained expectoration found in lobar pneumonia.

rusty sputum A descriptor for the sputum produced in pneumonia caused by S pneumoniae and K pneumoniae; which is composed of bacteria, hemorrhage, mucus, sloughed necrotic lung tissue

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