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  TEST NAME Chlamydia PCR (MDL-1050)
  SECTION Molecular Service
  SPECIMENS (5 gm) Feces
(5 gm) Aborted fetal tissue (Liver, Lung or Spleen)
Washes (Tracheal or BAL)
(0.5 ml) Fluid (Peritoneal, Pericardial or Thoracic)
Swabs (Conjunctival, Nasal, Pharyngeal, Bronchial, Vulvar, Joint Oropharyngeal or Cloacal)

A gel bacterial swab is not acceptable.

Cotton tipped and/or wooden shaft swabs are not ideal samples for PCR.


  SPECIES Avian, Ovine, Caprine
  PRICING $37.00
  SAMPLE CONTAINER Spill-proof container or viral transport media
  SHIPPING PRESERVE Cold Pack
  DAYS TESTED M-F
  ESTIMATED TURNAROUND 1-2 business days
  TEST COMMENTS

Swabs must be submitted in one of the following:

• 0.25 ml sterile saline

• Viral transport media

• Copan-Eswab™ system


A gel bacterial swab is not acceptable

Cotton tipped and/or wooden shaft swabs are not ideal samples for PCR


Reported as Positive or Negative, Suspect with Ct values

  PROCEDURES Polymerase chain reaction
  DELIVERY METHOD Next day delivery or 2 day transit is recommended
  SECTION GROUP Molecular Diagnostics