Table of Contents
- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Culture - CSF; Spinal fluid culture; CSF culture
What the risks are
A laboratory culture poses no risk to the patient. For risks associated with the procedure done to get a CSF sample, see
Images
Pneumococci organism
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Cerebrospinal fluid culture Prevention
Review Date: 08/14/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
