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Test Name

Adult Botulism Diagnostic Testing

Bacterial Bioterrorism Agent Identification or Confirmation

Bacterial Meningitis/Sepsis PCR for detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae

Bordetella pertussis Identification or Confirmation

Candida auris Colonization Screening​ 

​​Carbapenemase Detection Using the MBT STARĀ®-Carba Assay​

Carbapenemase Gene Detection

Car​​bapenemase-Producing Organism (CPO) Colonization Testing​

Cyclospora ​​Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing​​  ā€‹

Corynebacterium diphtheriae Identification or Confirmation Referral for Toxin Testing

Enteric Isolation – Primary Specimen

Enterics for Referral to CDC

Escherichia coli and Shigella Identification, Serotyping and Shiga Toxin Detection

Fungal Identification: Coccidioides Real-Time PCR 

Fungal Identification: Mold  

Fungal Identificati​on: Referral​ to CDC

Fungal Identification: Yeast 

​ Haemophilus influenzae Identification/Confirmation/Serotyping

Legionella Identification or Confirmation to Genus

Miscellaneous Bacteria Identification

​ Mycobacterial Culture and Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear from Primary Specimen

Mycobacterial Culture Identification

Mycobacterial Culture MGIT Only (MGIT-by-Mail Program)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: Drug Susceptibility Testing, First Line

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: Drug Susceptibility Testing, Second Line

​Mycobacter​ium tuberculosis complex: ​​Drug Resistance Detection & Species Identification by Whole Genome Sequencing

​​Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Drug Resistance Detection & Species Identification by targeted Next Generation Sequencing ā€‹

Mycobacter​ium tuberculosis complex: Genotyping by Whole Genome Sequencing

​​Neisseria gon​orrh​oeae (GC) Anti​biotic Su​​​sceptibility Testing (AST) fo​r Azithromycin, Ceftriaxone, Cefixime and Ciprofloxacin​​​​

Neisseria meningitidis Identification/Confirmation/Serogrouping

Parasites for Referral to CDC

Plasmodium species (Malaria) Real-Time PCR

Reference Bacteriology for Referral to CDC

Reference Bacteriology for Referral to CDC Borrelia spp. Confirmation

Salmonella ā€‹ā€‹Confirmation and Serogrouping (or Serogrouping Only) (Phenotypic)

Sen​s​​​​iti​​​tr​​​​​eTM Anti​​mic​ro​​bia​l Su​​​sceptibility Testing (AST)

STEC Isolation for Enrichment Broth

Streptococcus pneumoniae Identification/Confirmation/Serotyping

Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Related Organisms Identification

Vibrio cholerae Identification

Whole Genome Sequencing​​ for HAI org​anis​ms

Yersina (non-Y. pestis) and other Enterobacteriaceae Identification​​​​​​

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