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Viral culture
A viral culture involves taking a sample and plating it in a culture medium that allows it to grow. There are dozens of different media for viral culture, as each virus requires a different nutrient environment for it to grow. So, whenever this is suspected, many different types of culture media are "plated" to make sure the appropriate virus can be identified.
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Who would need a urine viral culture?
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What is the definition or description of: RSV viral culture?
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Sorry just to check if you did a pooled test swabbing different sites with the same swab. Would a viral culture test be able to distinguish which location the HSV was positive in, if you used the same swab for different sites. Thank you for your help?
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Just had a strep A test. 10 min rapid showed negative but Dr sent in for a culture. Is it possible the rapid could be wrong? Also, will it say if it's viral?
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Some say Ureaplasma doesnt cause NGU, if all other normal culture tests were negative (trich, m gen, sti panels , viral tests including RNA testing), what else could cause the NGU?? Getting a MicrogenDX soon but just wondering what is common?
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