Patient's question:
Doctor, how long does a newborn blood culture take? How long does it usually take for neonatal sepsis to be diagnosed? Blood cultures are currently being performed. What are the possible outcomes?Doctor's answer:
The test for blood bacterial culture typically takes about three days at the fastest and about seven days at the slowest. This is determined by the number of bacteria causing the infection and their reproductive capacity. If the bacteria grow rapidly, it can be determined whether there is bacterial growth on the second day, and then the bacteria will be inoculated onto a general culture medium. By the third day, the bacteria will grow on the culture medium. Further bacterial identification and drug sensitivity tests will require another day, totaling three days. However, these bacteria may not grow to a detectable level by the second day, and some bacteria may take about five days. As a result, the results will take about seven days.