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Culture, Throat
Test CodeTHRC
Includes
If culture is positive, identification will performed at an additional charge
Preferred Specimen
Collect throat specimen using an aerobic culturette
Minimum Volume
1 transport swab
Transport Container
Transport swab
Transport Temperature
Ambient
Specimen Stability
Deliver to the microbiology lab ASAP
Transport swab: Room temperature: 3 days
Transport swab: Room temperature: 3 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Expired transport device • Frozen • Request for anaerobic culture • Refrigerated specimen • Dry swab • Viral transport media
Methodology
Bacterial culture, Aerobic routine isolation and Identification procedures; Antibiotic susceptibility testing (when appropriate)
Setup Schedule
24/7
Report Available
3 days
Limitations
Test does not differentiate between patient with acute infection or an asymptomatic carrier.
Clinical Significance
The significance of any isolate in pure or mixed culture must be assessed with respect to the source cultured, the organism's pathogenic potential, the possibility of colonization versus infection, and the number of other organisms recovered in the same culture. This test may be useful in the detection of agents of epiglottis and thrush and A. haemolyticum.
