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Frotis rectal

English translation: rectal swab

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Spanish term or phrase:frotis rectal
English translation:rectal swab
Entered by: Giovanni Rengifo

14:12 Jul 11, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Medical report (mostly concerning kidney failure)
Spanish term or phrase: Frotis rectal
"Rectal smear" doesn't sound right and I'm not seeing this found in any reliable sources. Here is the context with a couple instances:

"KLEBSIELLA BLEA en frotis rectal"
"Frotis rectal [fecha]: negativo"
Seth Phillips
United States
Local time: 19:26
rectal swab
Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-07-11 16:29:16 GMT)
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En el estricto sentido de la palabra, "frotis" (swab) es el procedimiento para tomar la muestra de la cual posteriormente se hace un cultivo (culture) para su análisis.
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 18:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7rectal swab
Giovanni Rengifo
3 +1Rectal culture
Cecilia Gowar
Summary of reference entries provided
rectal swabs
Joseph Tein
To smear or not to smear?
neilmac

  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Rectal culture


Explanation:

How the test is performed
A cotton swab is inserted into the rectum, rotated gently, and removed. A smear of the swab is placed in culture media to encourage the growth of bacteria and other organisms.
https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/tests/003759.html

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 240

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chema Nieto Castañón
48 mins
  -> ¡Gracias Chema!
neutral  Joseph Tein: Hi Cecilia. I think Giovanni's answer - rectal 'swab' - comes closer.
1 hr
  -> You are right: that would be the exact translation, and the reason why I registered a medium confidence for my option. However, rectal culture implies a swab and I believe is more widely used.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
frotis rectal
rectal swab


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-07-11 16:29:16 GMT)
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En el estricto sentido de la palabra, "frotis" (swab) es el procedimiento para tomar la muestra de la cual posteriormente se hace un cultivo (culture) para su análisis.

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 18:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 218
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph Tein: Hi Giovanni. This is what I would have answered. I think the other answer, even with Chema agreeing to it, is just slightly off the mark. //Also, I agree with the comment you just added.
9 mins
  -> Hi Joseph, thank you for backing up my answer. I appreciate it.
agree  María Patricia Arce: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096398/
28 mins
agree  Reuben Wright
43 mins
agree  Giulia Brandolini: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996243/
1 hr
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
4 hrs
agree  neilmac
19 hrs
agree  Leda Roche
1 day 8 hrs
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: rectal swabs

Reference information:
I think the 'frotis' procedure itself should be translated as 'swab.'

"We compared the recovery of Clostridium difficile from hospitalized patients by two collection methods: rectal swabs and stool cultures."


    https://jcm.asm.org/content/jcm/25/11/2241.full.pdf
Joseph Tein
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 412
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17 hrs
Reference: To smear or not to smear?

Reference information:
Although the asker rejects the term, probably because smear testing is usually associated with cervical or pap smears, the term "rectal smear" appears in several published papers. However, I will refrain from posting it, as I was going to originally.


    https://temas.sld.cu/traducciones/2014/09/11/smear-frotis/
    https://www.triarchincorporated.com/product/rectal-smear-prepared-microscope-slide-4-126a/
neilmac
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 650
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