(blue cap) may be used to culture for aerobic and/or anaerobic organisms. Liquid transport systems (red cap) are intended for use only with aerobic culture or antigen detection tests and should not be used for anaerobic culture. After collection, plunge the swab into the liquid or gel ...
Use only RPMI-based or other tissue culture or cytogenetics medium. DO NOT use any fixative (formalin, alcohol, etc) or saline. Skin (Viral) Lesion: Tzanck Smear Remove crust or dome from lesion. Scrape ulceration with a curette. Spread material on alcohol- moistened slide. ...
Test overview:Checks for genetic material produced by the virus (viral RNA) to determine if someone is currently infected Accuracy:Highly accurate and usually does not need to be repeated Turnaround time for results:Typically end of next day ...
Molecular assays have higher sensitivity and specificity with shorter turn around time compared to antigen and culture methods.In various embodiments of the present invention, oligonucleotide primers and probes are used in the methods described herein to provide the viral pathogen assay. Thus, in ...
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