What is Bacteria Culture Test?
What is Bacteria Culture Test?Bacteria are one-celled organisms. There are many different kinds of bacteria. They live just about everywhere in your body and on your skin. Some types of bacteria are harmless or even helpful. Others can cause infections and disease.
A bacteria culture test can help find harmful bacteria in or on your body that may be making you sick. To do the test, you will need to give a sample of your blood, urine, skin, or other tissue. The type of sample depends on where the infection seems to be located.
To find out what type of bacteria you may have, a health care professional will need to examine a large number of bacteria cells. So, your sample will be sent to a lab where the bacteria cells will be grown until there are enough for the test. Test results are often ready within a few days. But some types of bacteria grow slowly, so sometimes your results may take several days or longer.
What is it used for?
Bacteria culture tests are used to help diagnose certain types of infections. The most common types of bacteria tests and their uses are:
* Throat culture is used to diagnose or rule out strep throat
A health care professional uses a special swab to take a sample from the back of your throat and tonsils.
* Urine Culture is used to diagnose a urinary tract infection and identify the bacteria causing the infection
You provide a sterile sample of urine in a container, following special instructions.
* Sputum Culture: sputum is a thick mucus that is coughed up from the lungs. It is different from spit or saliva.
Used to help diagnose bacterial or fungal infections in your respiratory tract, such as bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, and histoplasmosis.
You provide a sputum sample, usually by coughing it up into a special cup. In certain cases, you may need to have a bronchoscopy to get a sample. A bronchoscopy involves inserting a flexible tube through your nose or mouth and into your lungs.
* Blood Culture is used to look for bacterial or fungal infections in your blood
A health care professional takes a blood sample, usually from a vein in your arm.
* Stool Culture：Another name for stool (poop) is feces.
Used to detect bacterial infections in your digestive system, including food poisoning. Because many things can cause digestive illness, this test is often done with other tests to look for viruses and parasites that may be causing symptoms.
You provide a sample of your feces in a clean container.
* Wound Culture is used to find infections in open wounds or on burn injuries
A health care professional uses a special swab to collect a sample of cells or pus from your wound. For deeper wounds, a syringe may be used to draw out fluid, or you may have a biopsy to remove a piece of tissue from the wound.
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