Culture And Sensitivity Aerobic Gram Stain Infection Secretion

Gram Stain Infection Secretion culture and sensitivity is a technique predominantly used to test the sensitivity of the aerobic bacteria, which can infect the human body.

What are Infection secretions, Bacteria, and Aerobic Bacteria:

Infection secretions are the fluids secreted by the human body from the infected area.

Bacteria are the single-celled micro-organisms that can live within the soil, in the ocean and also inside the human gut. They have a number of shapes such as spirals, rods, and spheres etc. Some bacteria can cause illness to the human body and some other plays a major role in the overall functioning of our ecosystem.

Aerobic bacteria are the bacteria which can survive in the presence of oxygen only. In the absence of oxygen, aerobic bacteria cannot survive and can die. Some of the aerobic bacteria are Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nocardia, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis etc.

Why this test is performed:

This test is performed to check if an individual is infected by aerobic bacteria or not. This test may be recommended to you by a physician if you experience symptoms such as fever, chills, stiff nose, shortness of breath, painful urination, vomiting, diarrhea, irritation at the site of infection, redness, and swelling of the infected area, etc.

This test also helps the doctors to plan the treatment according to the type of bacteria, that infects the human body. The test is also performed to check the effectiveness of the treatment.

The test results may vary depending on age, health history, medical condition, etc.

If your test results are negative, then it may indicate that there are no signs of growth of aerobic bacteria.

If your test results are positive, then it may indicate there is a chance for growth of aerobic bacteria, which means that the infection secretions have been infected by aerobic bacteria.

If abnormal test results were seen, consult your doctor immediately with your lab test reports.