Test Name: HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI, RT-PCR, ONESWAB (MDL)
Test Code: 2191615
Alias: 122
LAB9772
OneSwab
CPT Code(s): 87798  
Preferred Specimen: OneSwab®, ThinPrep®
Container: OneSwab collection device OR ThinPrep
Collection Instructions:

Firmly, yet gently, obtain sample with the OneSwab, rotating it 360o for 10-30 seconds to ensure adequate sampling. When sampling a crusted over lesion, moisten the swab in sterile saline prior to taking the sample. Remove the swab and place into the vial. Snap off the shaft to fit completely in the vial. Be sure the swab fits into the vial prior to capping. Tightly cap the vial.
Transport Temperature:

Room temperature
Stability: Room temperature: up to 5 days
Schedule: Turn-around time: Report available in 1-3 days upon receipt of specimen at MDL
Method: Real Time (RT) PCR
Performing Lab: Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C. (MDL); #122
Clinical Significance: H. ducreyi is the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease soft chancre or chancroid. It is most commonly diagnosed in males, probably due to the asymptomatic or inapparent infection that often occurs in females. It typically takes 5 to 7 days after exposure for symptoms to present, but may take as long as several weeks. A tender, small, solid, raised skin lesion will develop with a red base that may develop into a raised sore containing pus. It may then become an open ulcer within 2 days. These lesions are generally limited to the genitalia or perianal area. The lesion erodes to form a painful ulcer and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin area (bubo) in approximately 50% of patients. In this assay, DNA is extracted from the specimen and subjected to PCR amplification.
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Updated 02/22/22

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