Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

à frottis positif

English translation:

positive smear

Added to glossary by Antonio Barros
Aug 20, 2006 18:02
17 yrs ago
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French term

à frottis positif

French to English Medical Medical (general)
Pourcentage de cas de TB pulmonaire à frottis positif

I don't understand 'frottis' here - I thought that it was a smear test. The text is also within the context of AIDS/HIV/Co-infection. could it be 'testing positive'?

thanks
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 positive smear
3 +2 positive sputum smear

Proposed translations

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positive smear

Explanation: Significant Difference of Clinical Manifestations between Smear. .PURPOSE: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with a positive smear signifies a larger bacterial population in TB lesions whereas several negative smears suggest a ...
meeting.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/126/4/834S-b
Having A Cervical Smear : Table of Contents - [ Traduzir esta página ]I am pregnant and have had a positive smear which is to be treated after I have had my baby. Will these abnormal cells get through to the baby? ...
www.beaconsfield-publishers.co.uk/ti/having_a_cervical_smea...
Bulletin of the World Health Organization - Tuberculosis case ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]Smear-positive TB patients from the intervention and control communities ... The average CNR of smear-positive TB among all age groups in the study area ...
www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?pid=S0042-96862006000200011&scr...



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Note added at 11 mins (2006-08-20 18:14:10 GMT)
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization - Tuberculosis case ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]Smear-positive TB patients from the intervention and control communities ... The average CNR of smear-positive TB among all age groups in the study area ...
www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?pid=S0042-96862006000200011&scr...

Relapses in Multibacillary Patients Treated with Multi-drug ... - [ Traduzir esta página ]Among them, 357 patients were skin smear positive. ... Parmi ces derniers, 357 patients presentaient un resultat positif au test bacterioscopique du suc ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3754/is_200403/ai_n9390048
Example sentence:

Frottis positif avec nette anisonucléose et une mitose. Malignant smear with marked anisonucleosis and mitose. Frottis positif. Positive smear ...

Peer comment(s):

agree Michael Barnett
22 mins
Merci, Michael!
agree Gina W
1 hr
Merci, Gad!
agree Sarah Walls
4 hrs
Merci, Sarah!
agree Drmanu49
5 hrs
Merci, DrManu!
agree sktrans
7 hrs
Merci, Sktrans!
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positive sputum smear

this is probably a sputum smear, used for testing for TB. (similar testing technique to a cervical smear test, I imagine).
Peer comment(s):

agree Michael Barnett : It's a little different in that Pap tests are cytology exams while a TB smear is under the aegis of microbiology. They look for "little red snappers"!
20 mins
agree df49f (X)
2 hrs
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