Swab or biopsy | |
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Qualitative | Presence or absence of growth |
Semi-quantitative | Grading of the bacterial presence as either/or ± (scanty), + (few), ++ (moderate) and +++ (numerous) or as categories (e.g. <105 CFU/g) |
Quantitative | Where an absolute quantity is provided (following e.g. Miles and Misra quantification [22]) |