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Ear drainage culture
Definition
An ear drainage culture is a laboratory test to check for infection-causing substances in a sample of fluid, pus, wax, or blood from the ear.
Ear drainage culture
Reviewed last on: 12/3/2007
D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University.
An ear drainage culture is a laboratory test to check for infection-causing substances in a sample of fluid, pus, wax, or blood from the ear.
See also: Ear drainage
Why is the Test Performed?
 See also: Symptom, Rupture, Ruptured eardrum, Ear infection, Infections
  
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