Benefit Of Colonoscopy
Health Encyclopedia: Culture Colonic Tissue Biopsy
A colonic tissue culture is a laboratory test performed on a specimen of colon (large intestine) tissue to isolate and identify organisms that may be causing certain infections, such as infectious diarrhea or parasitic and viral infections involving the colon.
The specimen is obtained by a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is a procedure for viewing the interior lining of the colon using a colonoscope, a flexible fiber-optic tube about 1/2 inch thick.
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