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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
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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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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