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Microbiology
| Microbiology | Specimen Requirement |
|---|---|
| Aerobic Culture and Sensitivity / MIC* (Turnaround time: 2-4 working days) | Tissue exudate or fluid on Amies transport medium swab (blue-cap swab), or tissue biopsy in a sterile container with several drops of sterile saline to keep moist. |
| Anaerobic culture and sensitivity test | Swab or tissue biopsy in Anaerobic Transport Medium (ATM) vial and keep at room temperature (20-25°C). Samples should be submitted to the lab ASAP |
| Recheck aerobic culture and urine culture (Post-treatment) | Provide previous accession number |
| Add-on sensitivity test / MIC* | |
| Blood culture + MIC* (Turnaround time: 7-10 days) | 1-4 ml of blood in blood culture bottles. Contact laboratory to be sent blood culture bottles |
| Fungal culture (Turnaround time: up to 21 days) | Hairs collected by toothbrush. Plucked hairs in clean envelope, zip-lock bag, or sterile container. Tissue (blue-cap swab) or tissue biopsy om sterile container with several drops of sterile saline to keep moist |
| Gram stain (Turnaround time: 2 working days) | Tissue exudate or fluid on Amies transport medium swab (blue-cap swab), or tissue biopsy in a sterile container with several drops of sterile saline to keep moist. |
| Ziehl-Neelsen stain (Acid Fast Stain) (Turnaround time: 2 working days) | Tissue exudate or fluid on Amies transport medium swab (blue-cap swab), or tissue biopsy in a sterile container with several drops of sterile saline to keep moist. |
| FIRSTract Urine culture and sensitivity / MIC* (From 5h up to 4 working days) FIRSTract technology will apply to eligible samples | 3-5 ml of urine in sterile container |
| Urinalysis + FIRSTract Urine Culture and Sensitivity / MIC* FIRSTract technology will apply to eligible samples | 10 ml urine in sterile container |
| Faecal Culture and Sensitivity + MIC* | 5 g stool in sterile container |
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