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Blood cultures done for swollen fingers/neck pain. 2 cultures drawn same site. results " growth of coagulase negative staph" dr. says contaminated? ?
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Very well could be.: Coagulate negative staph can reside on the skin, so when a culture comes back with that finding one has to use judgment in deciding if the positive culture represents true infection or is just a skin contaminant. Because coat negative staph can be a pathogen, that is the cause of illness, one should not dismiss the finding out of hand.
Answered 12/13/2015
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Second opinion: Any thing is possible. If done by your family physician or specialist ask for another specimen to culture. If truly contaminated then procedure was not done with sterile technique.
Answered 12/13/2015
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