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    Skin and Wound Cultures



    What Affects the Test

    Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

    • Taking or having recently taken antibiotics.
    • Getting bacteria that is normally found on the skin in the tissue or wound sample.



    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference May 21, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease


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