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Why Are Actual Specimens Preferred Over Swabs of a Specimen

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Why are actual specimens preferred over swabs of a specimen? (Select all that apply)


A) Specimen swabs do not collect all microbes when used to take a patient specimen.
B) Specimen swabs only carry very small volumes of the specimen.
C) It is difficult to separate bacterial or fungal cells from a specimen swab's fibers in order to plate them or put them into a broth.
D) Swabs inhibit the growth of pathogens but allow the growth of normal microbiota.

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