Infection withE. coliO157:H7 or other STEC is almost always diagnosed by laboratory testing of a stool specimen from an ill individual. The lab test is typically ordered by a health care provider and tested at a clinical laboratory. For many years, the only test was a stool culture, a typ...
Treatment with antibiotics before collecting a specimen for testing can affect bacterial growth in culture and lead to a negative test result even whenSalmonellacauses the infection. Thus, it is important to collect a specimen for laboratory testing before antibiotics are given. ...
Home Use FOB Bowel Cancer Test Kits How do you check your bowel health? You use a home test kit, called a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), to collect a small sample of poo and send it to a lab. This is checked for tiny amounts of blood. Blood can be a sign of ...
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Refrigerate the stool sample for up to 1 day if you can’t deliver it to the laboratory right away. Otherwise, submit the specimen as soon as you can. Collect stool samples for mail-in tests using the built-in brush in your test collection kit. Method 1 Collecting a Stool Specimen Dow...