| ORGANISM |
TEST |
SPECIMEN |
REQUEST |
Bacteria
Fungi |
Bacterial Culture
Fungal Culture
(as required) |
One sterile PLAIN dry swab collected from
conjunctiva
|
MCS
Fungal Culture (as required) |
| Chlamydia trachomatis |
Nucleic acid test (NAT) |
One sterile PLAIN dry swab collected from
conjunctiva |
Chlamydia NAT |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
Nucleic acid test (NAT)
and
Gonoccal culture |
One sterile PLAIN dry swab collected from
conjunctiva
and
one charcoal transport swab collected from conjunctiva |
Gonoccus NAT
and
Gonoccal culture |
| HSV 1/2 |
Nucleic acid test (NAT) |
One sterile PLAIN dry swab collected from
conjunctiva / cornea |
HSV PCR |
| Varicella Zoster |
Nucleic acid test (NAT) |
One sterile PLAIN dry swab collected from
conjunctiva / cornea |
VZV PCR |
| Othe conjunctival viruses (eg adenoviruses) |
Viral culture |
Viral culture swab collected from conjunctiva |
Viral culture |
Aqueous / vitreous humour testing is availabel
for the following organisms (as required):
Bacteria, Fungi, CMV, HSV, VZV, Toxoplasma gondii
Note: only by prior arrangement with microbiology on 8382-9169. |
Bacterial culture
Fungal Culture
Nucleic acid tests (NAT) |
Sterile sample of aqueous / vitreous humour |
Request as required: MCS
Fungal Culture
CMV/HSV/VZV
/Toxoplasma PCR |
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