throat culture
Diagnostic pharyngeal sample
A throat culture is a medical test in which a swab is rubbed against the back of the throat to collect a sample, then analyzed in a laboratory to identify bacterial infections.
The test is commonly used to diagnose strep throat: The doctor ordered a throat culture to rule out strep.
- swabAbsorbent cleaning implement
- rapid strep testQuick throat bacteria test
- pharyngitisInflamed upper airway lining
- white patchesDiscolored light areas
- petri dishLidded laboratory culture container
say ahh · bacteria · bacterial growth · strep · group A strep · incubation · hemolysis · diphtheria · specimen · colony · streptococcus · bacitracin · antibiotics · adenovirus · pertussis · Epstein-Barr virus · diagnosis · scarlet fever
- ENTear, otology, otolaryngologist, ears, laryngology
- ENT testsaudiometry, otoscopy, laryngoscopy, hearing test, audiogram
- throat examslaryngoscopy
- medical testsblood test, blood tests, CT scan, X-ray, urine tests
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
specimen type/method
throat cultureblood draw
Extracting blood for testing
lumbar puncture · X-ray · MRI · CT scan · blood test