Sentence examples for sample to culture from inspiring English sources

Usually to find the cause of the pneumonia doctors must get a sputum sample to culture in a laboratory, which requires pushing a tube deep into a patient's lungs.

The RCC cultures were derived using a two-stage process initiated by addition of a small volume of water sample to culture media (e.g., K/5) to stimulate coccolithophore growth and, subsequently, isolate single calcifying cells by micropipette from patches of actively calcifying cells on the bottom of the growth vessel (RCC1200, RCC1203, RCC1214, and RCC1216; I. Probert pers. comm).

Nicol et al. compared stool samples to culture of sputum and found a sensitivity of 0.24 (95% CI 0.07 – 0.5) [ 30].

One further study compared stool samples to culture of sputum in children and found a sensitivity of 0.24 (95% CI 0.07 – 0.5) [ 30].

In this method, the first step is to apply a clinical sample to standard culture media to see what grows [ 19].

Three studies reported on Xpert testing of stool samples compared to culture, but sample sizes were small at 2, 3, and 14 samples per study [ 21, 27, 38].

Of the 31 NTM-positive patients, 29 had 2 consecutive sputum samples subjected to culture.

To prevent overgrowth with other faster growing microorganisms, primary culturing of M. ulcerans requires decontamination of clinical samples prior to culture inoculation [ 6].

The differences may be due to methodology such as cryopreservation of samples prior to culture, unlike other previous studies [ 16, 18- 20].

All differences between countries and hospitals may be explained by microbiological methods (from sampling technique to culture media), local infection control standards, and the local prevalence of MRSA.

Flasks were sampled every 72 h and results plotted for each sample prior to cultures being split to 1.0E+04 vc/mL using freshly prepared media and antibody.