Usual disclaimer: no one can provide specific medical advice for a person or condition without an in-person interview and physical examination, and a review of the available medical records and recent and past testing. This comment is for general information purposes only, and not intended to provide medical advice. No physician-patient relationship is implied or established.MANY MIXED RESPIRATORY FLORAThis simply means that the bacteria found in your culture are typical bacteria found in everyone. No predominant pathogen (disease-causing organism) was found.Generally speaking, respiratory cultures of outpatients are not useful. Rarely do they produce actionable information.
Upper respiratory culture came back and the results are confusing.I am a 33 year old female. Weight: 160 Height: 53 Medications: Modafinil Smoking: Yes, about a pack a day.Was seen at walk in clinic on the 9th of October for what appears to be a Virus. Swollen lymph node on the left side of my face, under my jaw and just to the left of my chin. Sore throat, dry cough, lethargy, headache, muscle pain, and fever that sticks around 101 and comes down occasionally. OTC wasnt really helping. On the fourth day of this now. Chest discomfort started today.Covid pcr came back negative. Rapid strep test came back negative.My upper respiratory culture came back today and these results are what is confusing me. I cannot get a hold of anyone at the clinic who can tell me something so attempting to get an idea of if I should continue to call or if its nothing.This is the only information on the culture.TEST: Upper Respiratory Culture1COLLECTED DATE/TIME: 10/9/22 8:30 PMFINAL REPORT: MANY MIXED RESPIRATORY FLORAINTERPRETIVE DATA: 1ALI Microbiology uses MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry on the Bruker Microflex as its primary method for identifying bacteria and yeast. This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by ALI. It has not been cleared or approved by the FDA. The laboratory is regulated under CLIA as qualified to perform high-complexity testing. This test is used for clinical purposes. It should not be regarded as investigational or for research.