Gastric culture

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Gastric culture

Normal Values:

The microoganism that causes tuberculosis is not normally present in gastric culture.

What abnormal results mean:

The diagnosis of tuberculosis is made if Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the microoganism that causes tuberculosis, is grown from the gastric culture. Because this bacteria is slow to grow, it may take up to 6 weeks for the diagnosis to be confirmed. There are other mycobacteria that do not cause tuberculosis which may also be detected by this test.

Review Date: 6/16/2005
Reviewed By: John Goldenring, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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