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Originally Posted by sharman 2004  what is rectal cytology? They did a stool sample...is that the same as a fecal culture? |
Rectal cytology looks at the cells of the rectal wall to see if there is anything unusual or abnormal.
A fecal culture sees if there is a particular organism, it is not the same as a stool sample, which is used to check for intestinal parasites. I would also do a few different stool samples, since it can sometimes be tricky to diagnose some parasites, since you have to have an actual piece of the parasite or egg in the sample you test in order to diagnose it.