Culture, Aerobic and Anaerobic
Also known as: Body Fluid Culture, Abscess Culture
Use
This test performs both aerobic and anaerobic bacterial cultures together with Gram stain. It is used to detect and characterize bacterial pathogens from specimens such as abscesses, deep wounds, normally sterile body fluids (excluding blood), bronchoscopic brush specimens, suprapubic urine aspirates, and genital tract aspirates, as part of evaluating infection and guiding appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
Special Instructions
Includes Culture, Aerobic Bacteria and Culture, Anaerobic Bacteria with Gram stain. If culture is positive, identification and antibiotic susceptibility are performed at an additional charge with separate CPT codes. Preferred specimens include abscess, deep wound, tissue, normally sterile body fluids (excluding blood), bronchoscopic brush specimens, suprapubic urine aspirates, aspirated pus, tympanocentesis fluid, genital aspirates, surgical specimens, exudates. Use anaerobic transport gel vial or anaerobic transport swab (Amies gel blue‑cap) or ESwab white‑cap.
Limitations
Not provided.
Methodology
Culture-based
Biomarkers
Result Turnaround Time
Not provided.
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Specimen
Tissue
Volume
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Minimum Volume
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Collection Instructions
Anaerobic transport gel vial for fluid and tissue specimens, anaerobic transport swab with Amies gel (blue‑cap), or ESwab (white‑cap)
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