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How long does a culture and sensitivity test take to show results?
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Usually 3 days or 72 h, earlier results if positive sometimes reported as such in the inpatient world with final results still at 72 h.
Answered 2/6/2022
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It depends on the type of organism. For rapidly growing bacterial like staphylococcus, the information may be available in 24 to 72 hours. For slow growing organisms like tuberculosis, it would take a few weeks.
Answered 2/14/2022
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