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What is culture and sensitivity report?

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Kind of bacteria: Usually it detects what kind if bacteria is there and sometimes fungi. Viral cultures look for types if viruses. Sensitivity see what kind if antibiotic works best for that bacteria or what anti viral med works best for that virus

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Answered 1/29/2019

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If the culture & sensitivity test shows that i have many gram positive rods seen. do this mean i have infection?

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I had a culture and sensitivity test done and it came out negative with no organisms found. Should i just remove the IUCD?

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I am suffering urine infection. Pl advice me. My report c/s: proteus growth epithical cell:2-4/hpf pus cell:6-9/hpf rbc;0-2/hpf sensitivity:imipenem.?

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My urine culture results read 10-50,000 col/ml Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus NOT S. saprophyticus . Sensitivity not routinely done. Isolate held for one week. What can this mean my wbc were at 13/hbf and my creatine 1.87?

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What does it mean to have "many" non squamous cells, ph of 8.5 and leuk esterase of 15 in urinalysis. a culture and sensitivity was also performed on the same urine which came out negative?

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