title: Stool culture.
abstract: Stool culture is a laboratory test used to determine the aetiology of infective, bacterial diarrhoea. It refers to the inoculation of selective agar plates with faeces and incubation for 1-2 days to detect the presence of pathogenic bacteria within the bowel flora.
authors.affiliation: Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. christopher.hewison@health.wa.gov.au
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hewison
authors.forename: Christopher H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ingram
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media