II. Indications
- Replaced by Enteric Pathogens Nucleic Acid Test Panels
- Older indications
- Toxic appearance
- Prolonged Diarrhea >4-7 days
- Blood or pus in stool (or other signs of Inflammatory Diarrhea)
- Immunocompromised patients
- Very young or very old patients
III. Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 5% at best for Bacterial cause identification
- Replaced by Enteric Pathogens Nucleic Acid Test Panels
IV. Components: Bacteria typically included in test (SSCE)
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Campylobacter
-
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 (STEC: Shiga Toxin E coli)
- Shiga Toxin (if bloody stool)
- Avoid Antimicrobial Agents
V. Disadvantages
- Very expensive
- Low Test Sensitivity (see above)
- Typically does not alter management (most Diarrhea is not treated with Antibiotics)
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Concepts | Laboratory Procedure (T059) |
SnomedCT | 117028002 |
CPT | 87045, 87046 |
Italian | Coprocoltura, Esame colturale delle feci, Coltura fecale, Coltura delle feci |
Dutch | ontlastingskweek, faeces kweek, feceskweek, kweek ontlasting |
French | Culture fécale, Coproculture |
Portuguese | Cultura de fezes, Cultura das fezes |
Spanish | Cultivo fecal, coprocultivo (procedimiento), coprocultivo, cultivo de heces, cultivo de materia fecal, cultivo microbiano de heces, Cultivo de heces |
Japanese | 便培養, ベンバイヨウ |
English | stool culture, stool culture (lab test), Faecal culture, Fecal culture, Culture stool, cultures fecal, culture stool, faeces culture, Stool(s);culture, cultures stool, fecal culture, feces culture, culture fecal, Stool Culture, Faeces culture, Feces culture, Stool culture, Microbial stool culture, Stool culture (procedure) |
Czech | Kultivace stolice |
Hungarian | Széklettenyésztés, Széklet tenyészet, Széklet tenyésztés |
German | Stuhlkultur |