A 41-year-old member asked:
Why would a person need a synovial fluid fungal culture test?
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Dr. Traci Buxtonanswered
Family Medicine 25 years experience
Septic arthritis: A fungal culture would be performed on the fluid collected from a joint if the joint was infected and not responding to typical antibiotic therapy. Joint infections caused by fungal infections are not common.
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