currant jelly sputum
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currant jelly sputum
An endobronchial plug of blood, sputum, mucus, and debris, typical of untreated Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumoniaMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
currant jelly sputum
Thick sputum mixed with clotted blood, typically seen in patients with pneumonia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
See also: sputum
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