Stool culture

... on chest radiograph. Gram-positive bacilli can grow on blood culture, usually 2--3 days after onset of illness. Cutaneous anthrax follows ... of samples, particularly from the same biologic medium (e.g., blood and stool cultures), may alert laboratory personnel to an outbreak. In addition, ...

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... important antigens related to disease production are released into the culture fluid as the bacteria grow, so the culture filtrate can be used as ... was to younger children who might encounter the mutated virus shed in stool. There were some "secondary" cases of polio in family members ...

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