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Bordetella pertussis PCR

Collection Requirements

Source: nasopharyngeal swab
Container: Copan eSwab with blue cap (flexible minitip)

 
Collection guideline

Turn Around Time

24 hours

Availability

Routine

Lab Processing Instructions

Refrigerate

Performing Laboratory

Adele Hall

Adele Hall Lab Section

Microbiology

Instrumentation/Methodology

Qualitative PCR for B. pertussis & B. parapertussis

Reference Ranges

Not detected

CPT

87798