# Microbiology

**URL:** <https://forum.loinc.org/t/microbiology/726>\
**Category:** other-lab\
**Created:** [March 17, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/microbiology/726 "2011-03-17T18:02:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rpyle](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@rpyle](https://forum.loinc.org/u/rpyle)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/microbiology/726/1 "2011-03-17T18:02:30Z")

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Why is the suffix ‘identified’ added to components in microbiology and in the long name.  
  
example :  
  
  
  
17928-3  
  
Component: Bacteria identified  
  
Long Name: Bacteria identified in blood by aerobic culture  
  
  
  
This makes the reporting of a negative blood culture result very confusing.

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**Author:** ![kmercer](https://forum.loinc.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@kmercer](https://forum.loinc.org/u/kmercer)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/microbiology/726/2 "2011-03-18T19:40:25Z")

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“No growth”, “normal flora” and other non-organism result (or code) is an acceptable result for the “isolated” terms.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.loinc.org/uploads/default/original/1X/dbab97ce9b2987d788a376e254fcaae249f3b672.png) [@system](https://forum.loinc.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.loinc.org/t/microbiology/726/3 "2023-06-23T15:36:25Z")

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Closed on June 23, 2023, 3:36pm UTC