Rectal culture - Staphylococcus and/or Streptococcus
- Test Name:
- Rectal culture - Staphylococcus and/or Streptococcus
- Organism(s)/Disease(s):
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Beta - hemolytic streptococcus spp, other
Staphylococcus aureus carrier culture
Streptococcus pyogenes
- Body Source(s):
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Perianal
Rectal
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Clinical Prerequisite(s):
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Provision of relevant clinical information is important to ensure a clinically relevant result
- State specimen source
- Provide clinical history.
- Submitted primarily for the detection of anal carriage of Streptococcus pyogenes, Other Beta-hemolytic Streptoccus species, and Staphylococcus aureus
- Collection Device/Tube Type:
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E-swab collection device
Swab in clear transport media
- Collection Instructions:
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1.
Moisten swab with transport medium
2.
Swab perineal areas surrounding the anal orifice
3.
Pass the tip of a sterile swab approximately 2 cm beyond the anal sphincter
4.
Carefully rotate the swab to sample the anal crypts and withdraw the swab
5.
Carefully place swab back into the collection device without contaminating it
- Handling and Storage:
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Refrigerate
- Rejection Criteria:
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- Mislabelled or unlabelled specimen/requistion
- No swab in collection device
- Turnaround Times
- See Microbiology Information»
- Last Reviewed:
- 23 April 2021
