Anaerobic Bacteria Culture

Included Tests

Aerobic Culture; Anaerobic Culture; Gram Stain; Organisim Identification if indicated; Susceptibility on aerobic organisms if indicated

Specimen Requirements

ESwab - Liquid Amies Fluid

Alternate Specimen

MOD Amies Anaerobic Culture Swab 

and 

Liquid Amies Aerobic Culture Swab 

OR

> 5.0 mL of Fluid in a sterile container or Clear Red Top Tube, no additive test tube 

OR

Liquid Specimens in a Syringe (Needle Removed & Recapped)

OR
 
Tissue in a sterile plastic container

OR
 
From ENT - Swab in Yellow Cap Amies Gel w/o Charcoal

TransportAndStorage

24 hours Ambient optimal
48 hours Ambient acceptable

Collection Instructions

Surface wounds should be cleaned before collection of specimen with an alcohol swab or sterile saline.

Source Examples for this test are: Abscesses; Aspirates from deep wounds; Surgical specimens; Normally sterile body fluids.

Current antibiotic therapy, collection site and/or source all must be written on the test requisition, specimen will be processed according to site. 

Wound collection instructions

Printable instructions

Minimum Volume

Neonatal Volumne

Reference Range:

Negative

Test Comments:

Isolation and identification of clinically relevant aerobic and anaerobic organisms will be performed. 

Specimens are inoculated onto artificial growth media and incubated sufficient time to allow growth of the suspected microbe. Media type, incubation conditions and period of incubation may vary with the type of microorganism suspected.

Positive results are rendered as soon as available either as preliminary (partial) or final (complete) reports.

Negative reports are rendered when sufficient incubation time has elapsed without growth on culture media capable of supporting growth of the suspected organism.

Specimens inappropriate for anaerobic culture or received in aerobic transport media will be cultured aerobically only.

Methodology:

• Manual

CDM

01412730

CPT Coding

87075, 87070, 87205 (Reflexes 87186, 87077, 87076)