Assay

Blood culture

Key Words

BC

Specimen Collection

Adult: Up to 10ml in Aerobic and Anaerobic bottles.

Paediatric patient: Up to 4ml in paediatric bottle

Turnaround Time

2-6 days

Test Indications

Blood culture is considered to be the gold standard investigation for the detection of micro-organisms in blood. It is essential for microbiological diagnosis of bacteraemia, sepsis fungaemia, infective endocarditis and conditions associated with a clinical presentation of pyrexia of unknown origin.

Limitation/Interference

N/A

Reference Range

N/A

Analytical Error

N/A

Reference Change Value

N/A