A throat swab culture, or throat culture, is a test commonly used to diagnose bacterial infections in the throat. These infections can include strep throat, pneumonia, tonsillitis, whooping cough, and meningitis.
Doctor orders a throat culture test if you have symptoms that suggest strep throat or another infection. Redness, swelling, and white streaks or pus on the tonsils as well as red spots in the roof of the mouth are signs of infections.
The normal result for throat culture test for culture of the pathogenic organism is the growth depends on the infecting organism. Clearing around the disc indicates organism is sensitive to antibiotic for unisex gender and for all age groups.
