Culture & Sensitivity - Aerobic Bacteria Stool Test

This test is done to culture bacterium responsible for causing diarrhoea/ dysentery and also to establish the antibiotics that can be used against that bacterium. The symptoms include change in frequency, volume and consistency of stool. Dysentery may be accompanied by pain in abdomen and fever.

This test establishes presence or absence of bacterial growth in stool sample. If significant growth is found then antibiotic susceptibility testing is also done.

This test requires stool sample. Patient will be offered a container to collect the stool sample

No growth or insignificant growth

No growth/ Insignificant growth: This means that bacterium aetiology in the sample could not be established. Significant Growth: This means that a pathogenic bacterium was isolated from the sample. The sensitivity of the bacterium towards various antibiotics is also reported. The result have to be correlated clinically and other laboratory finding. Results may be false negative if the patient is on antibiotics