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In 7/52 (13%) wounds, the observers would have treated the patient differently on the basis of the results of the 2 cultures. Results indicated that culture of a swab collected by the Levine technique is an appropriate noninvasive alternative to culture of a tissue biopsy specimen. A negative result obtained from culture of a swab is likely to be reliable. Disagreement between the results of swab and tissue biopsy specimen cultures is likely of low clinical importance. Results indicated that culture of a swab collected by the Levine