A Blood Culture test at Maurya Labs, Bihar detects the presence of bacteria, viruses, or fungi  in the bloodstream. A human body can become infected with microorganisms like bacteria and viruses. If the these microorganisms in the bloodstream are not detected early then they can cause serious complications. A regular blood test can also identify the presence of a virus in the bloodstream. However, a routine blood test will fail to detect the presence of fungi and bacteria in the bloodstream. This is the reason that when the medications do not give relief then the blood culture becomes necessary to diagnose the type of infection.

A blood culture test detects the presence of microorganisms in the blood, which can be either bacteria, virus or fungus. It is important for the treating physician to know the type of infection so that he can decide whether to start antibiotic or antiviral or an antifungal medicine. Generally the blood culture test at Maurya Labs Purnea is done along with Sensitivity test. The sensitivity test gives who responsive a particular medicine is against the microorganism that is found in your blood.

Blood culture test is done on advise of the doctor when the symptoms due to infection continue to exist for long. Your doctor will prescribe the test to be done whether with or without sensitivity.

For the blood culture test the sample is taken from two different veins. At times doctor will advise the sample to be taken from left and right hand. By collecting multiple samples, lab technicians increase the likelihood of finding microbes in the blood. The blood sample can be taken by the phlebotomist at a pathology lab or at home. At Maurya Labs, Purnea the test is done on Bactec Microbiology system B.D from USA. The sample collection takes less than a minute.