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Review
. 2012 Oct;41(10):775-9.

Stool culture

Christopher J Hewison  1 , Christopher H Heath, Paul R Ingram
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  • PMID: 23210099
Review

Stool culture

Christopher J Hewison et al. Aust Fam Physician. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

Stool culture is a laboratory test used to determine the aetiology of infective, bacterial diarrhoea. It refers to the inoculation of selective agar plates with faeces and incubation for 1-2 days to detect the presence of pathogenic bacteria within the bowel flora.

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