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Diagnosing aspiration pneumonia. Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms of pneumonia when risk factors and history are consistent with the likelihood of aspiration. Testing usually includes O2 sat, chest X-ray (CXR), complete blood count (CBC), sputum Gram stain, and sputum culture.
Your doctor may suggest an HIV test if you have not been diagnosed with HIV and Pneumocystis pneumonia is: 1  Suspected on a chest X-ray. 2  Detected in a test that evaluates sputum (thick fluid produced in the lungs and in the airways leading to the lungs).