PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A throat culture is a quick, painless test to look for infections. Your provider may do a throat culture if you have a sore throat. This test shows if you have a bacterial infection, such as strep throat-or a fungal infection, such as thrush. You get results in 2 to 7 days.

Detailed explanation-2: -A throat culture is a test to find a bacterial or fungal infection in the throat. Instead of a regular throat culture, you may get a different type of test (called a molecular test) that looks for DNA (the genetic information inside cells).

Detailed explanation-3: -A negative throat swab culture means that no infectious bacteria are present in your throat. A positive test indicates the presence of streptococci (the bacteria that causes strep throat) or other bacteria. If the test result is positive, the results can be used to determine which bacteria are causing the infection.