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Throat Culture
Aka: Throat Culture- See Also
- Indication
- Suspected Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Not recommended as primary test due to 24 hour delay
- Confirmatory testing
- Negative Streptococcal Rapid Antigen Test
- Suspected Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Technique
- Requires 24 hour minimum for adequate growth
- Accuracy
- Highly dependent on technique
- Single swab with single culture in adults
- Test Sensitivity: 90%
- Test Specificity: 99%