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How long do stool cultures usually take?
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Depends: It depends on what organism is being cultured. Bacterial cultures take only a couple of days. Viral culture may take a few weeks, Newer molecular tests take only hours to detect an organism, but that is not culture.
Answered 11/11/2015
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