Acceptable Specimens
The following table describes the type of sample that is appropriate for each of our tests. Please refer our "How to Submit a Specimen" instructions for more information.
Broad-Range PCRs
Acceptable Specimens
Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissues, or non-blood body fluid acceptable. Respiratory and genitourinary samples may be submitted if reflexive testing by Next generation sequencing (NGS16S) is selected. Please call before collecting specimen with swab (e-swab is acceptable). No citrated or heparinized solutions. Direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable. Tissues floating in excess formalin are not acceptable.
Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissues, non-blood body fluid (including bronchoalveolar lavage), or skin scrapings acceptable. Please call before collecting specimen with swab (e-swab is acceptable). No citrated or heparinized solutions. Upper respiratory, genitourinary, direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable. Tissues floating in excess formalin are not acceptable.
- AFB PCR (including Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria)
Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissues, and non-blood body fluids are acceptable. Sputum specimens can be tested for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and/or Mycobacterium avium complex only (see
TBCDNA/
MAVDNA for details). Please call before collecting specimen with swab (e-swab is acceptable). No citrated or heparinized solutions. Direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable. Tissues floating in excess formalin are not acceptable.
Test Type
Acceptable Specimens
- Bacterial Sequencing
- AFB Sequencing
- Fungal Sequencing
- MRSA typing
- Strain typing by Next generation sequencing
- mecA gene detection
Pure culture: plate, slant, or blood culture bottle (pure)
- Aspergillus PCR
- Coccidioides PCR
- Cryptococcus PCR
- Histoplasma PCR
- Zygomycete PCR
- Pneumocystis PCR
Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissues, lower respiratory specimen, or other non-blood body fluid acceptable. Fresh frozen specimens ideal. Direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable. No citrated or heparinized solutions are acceptable.
- Bartonella PCR - Tissue or Culture
Pure culture: plate, slant, or blood culture bottle. Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissue, or non-blood body fluid also acceptable. No citrated or heparinized solutions are acceptable. Tissues floating in excess formalin are not acceptable. Direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable.
- M. tuberculosis
complex PCR
- M. avium complex
PCR
Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissues, non-blood body fluid, respiratory specimens (including Sputum) acceptable. Please call before collecting specimen with swab (e-swab is acceptable). No citrated or heparinized solutions. Direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable. Tissues floating in excess formalin are not acceptable.
- Legionella PCR
- Mycoplasma PCRs
- Toxoplasma PCR
- Tropheryma whipplei PCR
Fresh frozen tissue specimen, paraffin embedded tissues, non-blood body fluid, genitourinary, or lower respiratory specimen acceptable. Please call before collecting specimen with swab (e-swab is acceptable). No citrated or heparinized solutions. Direct blood, serum, plasma and stool specimens are not acceptable. Tissues floating in excess formalin are not acceptable.
Please feel free to
contact us with questions about acceptable specimens.
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