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Re: bacterial cultureFrom: alli (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:40:58 -0600 (CST)
At Sun, 21 Jan 2001, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote: > >At Sun, 21 Jan 2001, al wrote: >> >>I went to the Dr. to see if I had a yeast, bacterial or if my discharge >>was just normal. A wet mount was performed along with a bacterial >>culture. All tests came back with "just normal vaginal flora." No signs >>of yeast or bacterial infections. Have I ruled out everything and can >>assume the discharge is normal? Are there other infections that a >>culture would not pick up? Pap is in the process of being read so I >>don't have results, but Dr. said everything looked quite normal and >>healthy. Would cervisitis show up on a culture? Thanks. >Al >Thanks for your response. I believe they did a cervical culture because the nurse said "You don't have gonorreah. So, if the discharge was taken from the cervix, which I believe it was, than is all eliminated? Thanks. >Chlamydia and gonorrhea will not show up unless he did a cervical >culture and not just a vaginal culture. Usually you have other symptoms >of these, but they need to be specifically cultured for. Hope this >helps. > >-- >William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG >Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth >Private Practice >New Orleans, La. > >*Please understand I can not respond to private emails. > >*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are >not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified >health care provider. They are not intended to be the start >of a physician-patient relationship. >
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