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GENERAL INFORMATION

  **QUICK REFERENCE** 

HMC COLLECTION TUBES

 

HMC LABORATORY INFORMATION

HMC LABORATORY SERVICES

SPECIMEN COLLECTION and  TRANSPORT

PATHOLOGY REQUISITIONS (Printable Forms)

FORMS (printable Patient Instructions)

 

 

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code MYCOP Mycoplasma pneumoniae  PCR, Throat Swab

Performing Laboratory

Hunterdon Medical Center Laboratory  

 

Useful For

Diagnostic test for the direct detection of DNA from Mycoplamsa pneumoniae in throat swabs obtained from patients suspected of having Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

 

Special Instructions

For throat swab specimens only. All other sources order  Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Molecular Detection, PCR (MPPCR) performed at Mayo Medical Laboratories.

 

Specimen Required

 Throat swab: Dual-tipped Culture swab transport system. (dacron or rayon swab with aluminum or plastic shaft with either Stuart or Amies liquid medium. (EHS 66899)

 

Collection Instructions

Sample should be collected by vigorously swabbing the tonsils and the posterior pharynx.

 

Specimen Type

Throat Swab is the only acceptable specimen

 

Specimen Stability and Transport Information

 

Temperature Time Frame
Ambient 15-25°C 24 hours
Refrigerated 2-8°C 1 Day(>24 hrs) to 14 days

Reject Due To

Non-throat sources; specimens collected in gel swab transport systems.

Day(s) Test Setup

Monday through Sunday

 

Reference Values

Negative

 

Method

Nucleic Acid Amplification (NAA) using loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification(LAMP) technology.

 

LOINC

29257-3

 

CPT

87581