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why do a throat culture
-determine presence of GAS
-beta hemolysis on blood agar (can see through it)
alpha hemolysis
-green zone around colonies
beta hemolysis
-clear zone around the colonies
gamma hemolysis
-neither a green or clear zone
why do a urine culture
-confirm suspicion of UTI
-lower UTI: E. coli most common, klebsiella, proteus
-upper UTI: e. coli
urine cultures
-clean catch
-catheter specimen
-suprapubic specimen
-test within 30 min or refrigerate up to 24 hrs or use transport media
urine cultures-colony counting
-1.0 microliter (.001 ml) calibrated loop
-# colonies x dilution factor (1000) = CFU/ml
-> 100,000 CFU = UTI (clean catch)
any CFU = UTI in suprapubic specimen