Question

Select the reasons why culturing a pathogen may not be as useful today in disease diagnosis. Check all that apply. Check All That Apply It can be too time consuming. It can be too time consuming. Bystander pathogens may be isolated, confusing the data. Bystander pathogens may be isolated, confusing the data. Many diseases are polymicrobial in origin, confusing the data. Many diseases are polymicrobial in origin, confusing the data. Culturing is too expensive versus other methods of diagnosis.

Answer 1

Answer- The reason why culturing a pathogen may not be as useful today in disease diagnosis is:

- It can be too time consuming and bystander pathogen may be isolated confusing the data many diseases are polymicrobial in origin.

Explanation: Today pathogen culture may no be as useful in disease diagnosis because it takes too much time to give result, too much time consuming bystander pathogen that might be isolated sometimes and one more that creates confusion is might be the disease is of polymicrobial origin that means multiple infectious disease causing agents are present.