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pus

Yellowish fluid that forms in the body as a result of bacterial infection; it includes white blood cells (leucocytes), living and dead bacteria, dead tissue, and serum. An enclosed collection of pus is called an abscess.
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At the time of surgery, endoscopic examination of the nasopharynx through the left nasal airway detected mucopurulent drainage on the right lateral nasopharyngeal wall (figure, B).
Endoscopic view of secretion transport from a maxillary antrostomy to ... by Christmas, Dewey A.; Mirante, Joseph P.; Yanagisawa, Eiji / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
A mucopurulent or necrotic-haemorrhagic exudates is usually present, always sterile.
Genital pyoderma gangrenosum associated with chronic lymphoblastic ... by Atzori, Laura; Pinna, Anna Luisa; Pilloni, Luca; Pau, Monica; Aste, Nicola / Archives: The International Journal of Medicine
His sputum was mucopurulent and blood stained with a heavy growth of coagulase negative Staphylococcus, no acid fast bacilli were seen.
Pulmonary mucormycosis diagnosed by brushing cytology. A case report by Naran, Sarla; Lallu, Sharda; Kenwright, Diane / New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science
 
 
 
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