CULTURE AEROBIC; PUS SWAB INCLUDES ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY IF INDICATED

What this test checks

Grows and identifies bacteria from pus, plus antibiotic sensitivity.

Why do people get this test?

Used in abscesses and infected wounds that aren't healing.

When you should consider this test

• Non-healing infected wound
• Abscess drainage
• Recurrent boils

How to prepare

Pus sample collected at infection site.