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87071 Culture aerobic quantitative other

Pathology & Lab

Also known as: Quantitative culture, Colony count, Quantitative aerobic

Quantitative aerobic bacterial culture of nonblood specimens. Provides bacterial colony count.

Clinical Context

Used in urine cultures (>100,000 colonies per milliliter diagnostic of urinary tract infection) and other specimens where bacterial load quantitation important.

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Specialties

MicrobiologyPathology

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