WCLN: Anaerobic Culture – When, What, How and How Far to Test?

Presenter:

• Carol Spiegel, MT (ASCP), Ph.D., D(ABMM), Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at UW Hospitals and Clinics in Madison

Description:

This presentation will provide guidance to laboratory professionals on the following:

• When should anaerobic cultures be performed?
• What specimens are appropriate for anaerobic culture?
• How far do we need to go in identifying and performing susceptibility testing of anaerobic organisms?
• What identification and susceptibility testing methods are available?
• How should cultures be reported?

Materials:

Webcast (Windows Media, 20 Kbps)

PowerPoint (1.14 MB)

Handout (PDF, 620 KB)