Brady is complaining of a thick productive cough for five da…
Brady is complaining of a thick productive cough for five days. He states that it has changed color recently and is now a greenish yellow. After examining Brady you discover that he has diminished breath sounds over his posterior left lower lobe region. Although not part of the evidenced-based outpatient protocol, you order a sputum culture to determine if the possible consolidation is bacterial in origin. Which of the following is true concerning cultures?