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GENERAL INFORMATION

SPECIMEN INFORMATION

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

 

LINKS

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code BRCT CULTURE, BRUCELLA TISSUE & GS

Performing Location

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Collection Instructions

  1. Collect tissue sample, place in Sterile screw-capped container and deliver to the laboratory immediately.

  2. Please note that Brucella is suspected so that proper cultivation procedures may be employed.

Collection Container

Sterile screw-capped container

 

Specimen Type

Tissue

Turn-Around Guidelines

Daily

 

Turn around:  
Smear 1 Day
Culture 36 Days

 

Reference Values

Gram stain: NO BACTERIA SEEN

 

Culture: NO GROWTH 5 WEEKS

 

 

 

Method

Microbiological culture & identification techniques

CPT

87070 - Culture
87176 - Tissue Homogenization

87205 - Gram Stain

LOINC

552-0

Specimen Minimum Volume

No single sample volume applies

Special Handling

Deliver to Lab IMMEDIATELY