Throat culture
This is usually done when a throat infection is suspected. One will take a swab of the throat and then place the swab in culture medium. This will then be grown on a culture plate to determine if/what type of bacteria is causing the infection. Both viruses and bacteria can cause throat infections.
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A 43-year old asked:
How do I stop gagging when I get a throat culture?
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How long does a throat culture take to get the results?
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What is the definition or description of: throat culture?
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A 47-year old asked:
What are of the throat is swabbed during a throat culture?
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What is the definition or description of: yeast found on throat culture?
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A 32-year old asked:
What if symptoms of pharyngitis is present but the throat culture is negative?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Is it common to test positive for strep a on rapid strep and a month later test positive for strep c on throat culture?
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A 44-year old asked:
Could a throat culture detect cancer?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why shouldn't you drink milk prior to a throat culture?
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A 62-year old female asked:
Why isn't my cough going away, normal x ray, normal throat culture.?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Is it still possible to have strep throat even if throat culture is negative?
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A 44-year old asked:
Took a throat culture today and said i either have strep throat or mono. How will i know which one i have?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Do We need pus in swab to detect steptococcus pyongenes in throat culture?or it could be done with saliva from back?
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A 44-year old asked:
Positive strep throat culture, is floxacin an antibiotic for this?
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A 43-year old male asked about a male:
My son has strep as i just did a throat culture given to me. He is an 82 pound, 11 year old boy. What should his dosage of amoxicillin be?
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A 48-year old asked:
I had a throat culture done and it came back with a bacteria infection serratia mercescens, what is this?
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A 36-year old female asked about a male:
Angioedema the past 3 weeks.He went to er 3x because of swelling.dr did a throat culture mon,came back+for strep.no other sx.his dr doesn't know ?
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A female asked:
Med assit called and my throat culture was haemophilus parainfluenza 2. Worried because I don't know what this means. amoxicillin for 7 days so far.
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A 28-year old female asked:
Can fungus on my to nail cause yeast to multiple in my throat. I had a throat culture done and it showed that i had over growth of yeast. Please help?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Microorganism identified in Unspecified specimen by Culture", "code" : "11475-1" valueString" : "No Streptococcus group A isolated. This is a throat culture. Please help me understand. Thank you?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My 2 year old son had a throat culture that came back with a high reading of pseudomonas, is this a sign of cystic fibrosis?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Where could my 16 yr old daughter have gotten the pseudonomas bacteria? A strep throat culture came back positive for it.
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can you explain how serious my enterobacter aerogenes infection is? My throat culture came back positive for this bacteria.
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A member asked:
After having a sore throat for over a week, is it too late to have a throat culture done for strep throat? My two grandsons have strep throat?
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A 35-year old male asked:
For months when swallowing I have a lumpy feeling on right side only. Had endoscopy through nose in (nothing) & throat culture (negative). Thoughts?
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A 24-year old female asked:
My throat culture _ positive for pseudomonas aeruginosa and staphylococcus aureus. Should i be worried? I have autoimmune thyroiditis.
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A 21-year old female asked:
I'm always waking up with throat pain and I had a throat culture and it came out negative, I'm always very tired and I have heart palpitations why?
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A 30-year old male asked:
My throat culture & sensitivity c/s report says "organism: moderate growth streptococcus viridans group" is this normal, i've white coating on tongue?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Doctor stated rash on child's stomach was strep related, but child tested negative on throat culture even after growing it. Is that possible?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Yellow pus? blisters back of throat lasting >1 year. Not pharyngitis, streptococcus, laryngitis and multiple throat cultures all came back clear.
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