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Whats The Difference Between Stool Examination Routine Vs Stool Culture

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Posted on Wed, 29 Apr 2020
Question: whats the difference between stool examination routine vs stool culture sensitivity routine ?
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Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (49 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Stool culture can find bacteria.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear, welcome to Ask a doctor's service.
I read your query and here is my advice.

A stool examination routine test will examine the stools in microscope to find ova and parasites .
A stool culture sensitivity routine makes the bacteria to grow and then test different antibiotics to find which one can work on fighting the bacteria.
So stool culture is used to find bacterial infection while stool routine test can find parasites.



Hope I have answered the question.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Follow up: Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (51 minutes later)
Stool examinations comes back on the same day but stool culture takes more time ?
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Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (42 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Stool culture needs 2-3 days to come out.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear and thank you for asking again.
The stool examination comes in the same day while stool culture results needs two to three days to come out.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D
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Follow up: Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (50 minutes later)
Do stool culture is more accurate and sensitive for bacteria ? Is it like DNA stool test ? It will reveal all kind of bacteria in my gut ?
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Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (36 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
It will show which abnormal bacteria will grow in culture.

Detailed Answer:
Stool culture is more accurate for bacteria but is not related to DNA stool test.
It will reveal if any pathological bacteria is present in your gut apart from normal bacterial flora.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D
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Follow up: Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (2 hours later)
Can stool culture sensitivity detect paratyphi salmonella bacteria ?
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Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (23 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Stool culture can detect paratyphoid salmonella

Detailed Answer:
Stool culture sensitivity can detect the paratyphoid salmonella and also detecting the bacterial DNA in stool and in blood can test it.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad
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Follow up: Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (7 hours later)
Does it also detect H.bylori bacteria ?
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Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (3 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Stool antigen test for helicobacter pylori should be done.

Detailed Answer:
A stool culture or stool test will not detect helicobacter pylori.
To check for helicobacter pylori another stool test should be done called stool antigen test that looks for antigens , foreign proteins , associated with H. pylori infection in stool.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Olgeta Xhufka

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Whats The Difference Between Stool Examination Routine Vs Stool Culture

Brief Answer: Stool culture can find bacteria. Detailed Answer: Hello dear, welcome to Ask a doctor's service. I read your query and here is my advice. A stool examination routine test will examine the stools in microscope to find ova and parasites . A stool culture sensitivity routine makes the bacteria to grow and then test different antibiotics to find which one can work on fighting the bacteria. So stool culture is used to find bacterial infection while stool routine test can find parasites. Hope I have answered the question. Let me know if I can assist you further.