Skin and Wound Cultures

Wound and Skin Cultures

What Affects the Test

Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

• Taking antibiotics or just finished taking them.
• Getting bacteria that is normally found on the skin in the tissue or wound sample.

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Author:	Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC	Last Updated: June 20, 2006
Medical Review:	William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
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