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How long does it usually take to get the results back from a urine culture?

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Dr. Paul Sucgang answered

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Urine Culture: Usually the lab will return results of a urine culture within 3-5 days. The bacteria need time to grow so, depending on when the sample was collected, then shipped to lab, then analyzed it could take up to 5 days.

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Answered 8/12/2020

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