What is a culturette?

Answer 1

A proprietary product used to screen for group A streptococci; it doesn't differentiate between sick and merely colonized carriers

Answer 2

A culturette is a disposable plastic tube containing a specialized medium used for collecting and transporting biological samples, such as swabs or tissue samples, for microbiological testing in laboratories. The medium inside the culturette helps to preserve the viability of the microorganisms until they can be cultured and identified.