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For this question, it's important to note the differences between, say, an upper respiratory infection and a lower respiratory infection.
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So for your lower respiratory infections, these would include your pneumonia's, whereas your upper respiratory infections are more widebound.
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You have your flus and your colds.
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You have your diphtheroids and other common infections.
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Now, the way we diagnose a lower respiratory infection is through a lower bronchial lavage, or basically through a sputum sample that you cough up, cough up from the deep lung.
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Now, if you've ever had a strep test done, these are more upper respiratory, and if you ever look at the microbial outcome on a plate, these have a lot of many different species...