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Burn culture

Lab Test
Test Burn culture
Indication Identify bacteria present in the skin specimen from burn patient.
Physiology Burn injuries often precipitate a profound multicentric immunologic depression that may predispose patients to sepsis.
Normal Range No growth to <105colonies/g of tissue.
Interpretation The use of quantitative burn cultures has little value in identifying patients with invasive infection and in differentiating those who are not likely to develop burn wound sepsis. The bacteria most frequently recovered from burn wounds in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Sample Viable tissue, not eschar.
Test Method Bacterial and fungal culture
Related Tests Wound culture
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Member Comments ( 3 )
I have severe RLS and asked to check Ferritin, serum levels seems ok with 74 however Antinuclear antibodies is 17. Iron serum is 118 & folate is >20 what does this mean

(Posted by momofthree, United States Date : 2/5/2010 )
would the test results be affected if a day before the test one starts taking folic acid supplements
(Posted by Michael_2009, Pakistan Date : 9/14/2009 )
What does a folate range of:
72mgl/ml mean? is there a correlation to FTA ABG?

(Posted by natashia, United States Date : 5/4/2009 )