| Description | Fee | Service Area | Species | Specimen Detail | Test Days | Turnaround Time | Additional Information |
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| Aerobic Culture | $30.90 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Swabs in transport media, or fluids in sterile tubes, or tissues in sterile bags/containers
*Fluid urine is preferred to urine sediment swabs | Monday - Friday | ≥2 business days | Notify laboratory prior to submission for Select Agent rule out, e.g., plague, tularemia, anthrax, etc.
Ship with ice pack Isolates may be referred for confirmatory testing |
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| Aerobic Culture (each additional isolate) | $15.45 | Clinical Microbiology | see Aerobic Culture | see Aerobic Culture | see Aerobic Culture | see Aerobic Culture | Fee assessed per identified isolate, see Aerobic Culture |
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| Anaerobic Culture | $36.00 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Swabs in anaerobic transport media, or fluids in sterile tubes, or tissues in sterile bags/containers | Scheduled when received | ≥3 business days | Ship at ambient temperature (do not freeze) |
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| Anaerobic Culture (each additional isolate) | $22.65 | Clinical Microbiology | see Anaerobic Culture | see Anaerobic Culture | see Anaerobic Culture | see Anaerobic Culture | Per identified isolate, includes clostridial rule-out |
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| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (per panel, per isolate) | $25.75 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Aerobic bacterial isolates only | Monday - Friday | >2 business days | Drug panels tested, per isolate, by broth dilution (MIC) or disc diffusion (Kirby-Bauer) |
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| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing – Additional Drugs (per isolate, per drug) | $15.90 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Aerobic bacterial isolates only | Monday - Friday | >2 business days | Drugs not included in MIC or Kirby-Bauer panels may be tested by request on a case-by-case basis using the Kirby-Bauer method;
*please note that interpretive criteria may not be available for some organisms |
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| Brucella sp. Culture | $21.20 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Swabs in transport media, or fluids in sterile tubes, or tissues in sterile bags/containers | Monday - Friday | >5 business days | Suspect Select Agent isolates may be referred for confirmatory testing |
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| Campylobacter sp. Culture | $17.00 | Clinical Microbiology | | Reproductive preputial wash, or fetal membranes, or fetal abomasal fluid in campylobacter transport media (PRAS Campy-Thio, 7 ml), or fresh feces, or intestinal contents | Monday - Friday | >5 business days | Expired transport/ culture media is not accepted for regulatory testing
Seal tubes tightly |
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| Canine Diarrhea Diagnostic Panel | $113.00 | Clinical Microbiology/Virology | Canine | Minimum 5 g fresh feces | Monday - Friday | >3 business days | Includes fecal flotation, Giardia SNAP, cryptosporidium exam, aerobic culture, Salmonella culture, Campylobacter culture, Gram stain, +/- Clostridial rule out, and canine parvovirus FA |
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| Dermatophyte Culture | $31.80 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Skin scraping with hair, or hair pluck (including follicle), or scab, or nails, or claws, or beak | Monday - Friday | ≥28 business days | Do not send glass slides
Ship at ambient temperature in a sealed container |
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| Direct Microscopy/Gram Stain/Acid Fast Stain | $10.60 | Clinical Microbiology | Any | Fecal swab, or fresh feces, or swabs, or fluids, or tissues | Monday - Friday | >1 business day | Do not send glass slides
Ship with ice pack |
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| Fecal Occult Blood | $11.65 | Clinical Microbiology | Mammalian | Fresh feces or intestinal contents | Monday - Friday | 1-3 business days | Ship with ice pack |
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