culture of body fluid

Specimen: - aseptically aspirated body fluid - minimum volume:* 1 mL - container: a) sterile tube with tight-fitting cap b) specimen may be left in syring if needle is removed & the syringe is capped before transport to the laboratory * for some specimens (i.e. peritoneal lavage), increased volumes are helpful for isolating low numbers of bacteria

Specific

aerobic body fluid culture culture of amniotic fluid culture of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture of genital fluid (vaginal, urethral, cervical, prostatic) culture of nares (nasal) culture of normally sterile site culture of peritoneal fluid culture of sputum culture of stool for enteric pathogens culture of synovial fluid culture of wound semen culture throat culture urine culture

References

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 491