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| Title | CULTURE, EYE |
| Specimen Requirement | <p>Collect with sterile swab transport media. <strong>Do not refrigerate.</strong> Note: Routine eye culture is not for the diagnosis of herpes or chlamydiae.</p>
<p>Please provide source on requisition</p> |
| Methodology | Conventional culture techniques. |
| Stability | Room Temp: 72 hours |
| Reference Range | By Report. |
| Turnaround | 3 days. |
| Clinical Use | <p>The culture isolates and identifies significant pathogens responsible for eye related infections.</p> |
| Test Code | MISCU |
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