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CSF culture
In order to uncover the culprit in a case of meningitis, spinal fluid is obtained, and an attempt to grow the organism in the lab follows (culture).
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A 76-year old male asked:
What exactly is a CSF culture & what is its purpose? Is it difficult to perform and does it take longer than blood cultures for a result to come back?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Pulled hospital records to see LP results. Gluc/protein(n) electrophoresis(n) albumin (h), cultures(-), myelin basic (n). The rest was sent to mayo and another. Does all csf or ms labs process through mayo? Does mayo send results to back to hospital?
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A 48-year old female asked:
What does effacement of ventral CSF mean?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is mild effacement of the ventral CSF space?
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A 37-year old female asked:
What does effacement of anterior csf column mean?
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A 25-year old female asked:
If drug half lives reflect plasma half lives what is an ssri's CSF half life?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Hello doctors , i wanted to ask about signs and semptoms of CSF rhinorrea and how can you know if its a CSF or allergic rhinorrea?
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A 25-year old female asked:
In a meningitis case, would it be appropriate to administer abx intathecally? Since this would assure that abx are in CSF even with dextramethazone?
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A member asked:
Why after lambar puncture procedur the CSF rhinorrhea was stopped ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
What are symptoms of a CSF leak?
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A 36-year old asked:
What sort of disorder is CSF otorrhea?
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A 33-year old female asked:
How is CSF regenerated?
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A 26-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms for csf?
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A 47-year old asked:
How much CSF does a person make a day?
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A 39-year old asked:
What to do if i got CSF results and have some questions?
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A member asked:
What test are done on CSF sample? Which ones you in the direction
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A 42-year old male asked:
What are some specific CSF and plasma tests i can ask my nero to order for chronic and recurrent menengitous? Have had many symptoms 2+ years
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A 32-year old asked:
What exactly is CSF rhinorrhea?
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A 36-year old male asked:
What can a LP high protein CSF level of 46 mean?
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A member asked:
Pl tell me homeopathic medicine for CSF rhinorrhoea?
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A 49-year old female asked:
What does effacement CSF signal ventral and dorsal mean?
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A 23-year old female asked:
What causes low levels of lactate in the blood and in csf?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Any other diseases that o bands show up in CSF not blood , besides MS?
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A female asked:
Would you consider total cells count = 12 in csf normal for spinal tap?
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A 32-year old female asked about a female:
What does effacement of csf at craniojuntion mean for someone with chiari 1?
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A 36-year old asked:
Are there any post shunt (csf release) complications for a baby who is two years old?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Why are CSF leaks so rare? Do they just heal on their own? Fellow hypochondriac here.?
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A 34-year old asked:
Please explain what it means if the spinal tap i had was unable to get enough CSF fluid?
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A 56-year old male asked:
I have effacement of nearly all CSF around nerve roots in my spine. Should i still be doing my heavy manual job.
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A 32-year old female asked:
If you are able to only draw a small amount of CSF which is the most important? Microbiology , cell count, or chemistry?
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