Synonyms
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Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name
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Culture - Chlamydia
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Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name
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Culture - Chlamydia
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EPIC Order Name
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Chlamydia trachomatis Culture
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Clinical Info
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Specimen Type
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Anal/Rectal, Cervical, Urethral, Vaginal
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Container
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Chlamydia Transport
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Collection Instructions
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Container/Tube: VTM media or equivalent
Specimen: Endocervical, endourethral, or rectal mucosa (without feces) swab
Alternate Specimens: Vaginal swab on children < 13 years
Collection Instructions
Place swab into VCM (equal volumes of fluid and VCM) or equivalent and transport the specimen to the laboratory as soon as possible. Best recovery is obtained when the specimens are refrigerated at 2-8°C prior to shipment. Specimens in VCM or equivalent should be frozen at -70°C or colder and transported on dry ice. Storage or transport at -20 °C is not acceptable.
Note: Due to potential propagation of SARS-CoV-2 virus in Chlamydia culture cells, respiratory and eye specimens are no longer accepted
Transport Temperature: Frozen if prolonged time before culture
Stability: 48 Hours-Refrigerated
30 Days Frozen at -70 ( -20 Frozen is Unacceptable)
Reject Criteria:
Specimens submitted in Viral Transport Media that do not support Chlamydia • Wooden shaft and calcium alginate swabs • Bacterial transport systems • Molecular transport systems • Respiratory specimens • Eye (conjunctival) specimens
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Transport Instructions
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Frozen if prolonged time before culture
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Specimen Stability
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48 Hours-Refrigerated
30 Days Frozen at -70 ( -20 Frozen is Unacceptable)
Reject Criteria:
Specimens submitted in Viral Transport Media that do not support Chlamydia • Wooden shaft and calcium alginate swabs • Bacterial transpor
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Methodology
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Centrifugation-Enhanced Culture with Monoclonal Antibody Detection
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Days Performed
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Report available: 5 days
C. trachomatis is associated with infections of the mucous membranes of the urogenital system, the upper respiratory tract and the eye. It may be sexually transmitted; resulting diseases include urethritis, cervicitis, salpingitis, epididymitis, proctitis and lymphogranuloma venereum. C. pneumoniae is associated with both upper and lower respiratory infections. Infections of the upper respiratory tract and eye usually occur in newborns exposed at parturition. In adults, eye infection may be transmitted by hand after contact with secretions. Isolation by tissue culture is recommended when testing individuals for legal purposes.
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Performing Laboratory
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Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly
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CPT
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87110-Culture
87140-Typing
LOINC code: 6349-5
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PDM
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6400030
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Result Interpretation
Not isolated
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Forms
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