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Blood culture and how long till results?
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2-3 days: Usually bacterial blood cultures take 2 days to grow and the results should be out by 3 days. If they are looking for fungus or viruses on the culture then it could take longer depending on th institution and if the test is being sent to another facility.
Answered 11/7/2017
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