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Infectious Diseases

AFB Culture (MGIT)

Overnight fasting for gatsric lavage sample collection. Early morning sample for urine & Sputum.

Sample: Bone Marrow: Collect 8 mL (5 mL min.) Bone marrow in MB BacT bottle available from NEL. Mix by gentle inversion 8–10 times. Ship at 18–22°C. CSF: Collect 2 mL (1 mL min.) CSF in a Red Top (No Additive) tube or sterile screw capped container. Do not use SST gel barrier tubes. Ship refrigerated. Pus/Body fluids (Pleural/Pericardial/Ascitic/ Synovial/Ocular) Aspirates /Semen/ BAL Bronchial washings: Submit as much as possible (1 mL min.) in sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated. Endometrial curettings/Tissue: Submit in sterile normal saline in a sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated. Sputum: Submit 2 Spot (random) morning samples, 5-10 mL (1 mL min.) in sterile screw capped container. Do not pool the samples. Ship refrigerated. Gastric Lavage: Submit 5-10 mL (2 mL min.) gastric lavage in a sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated . Overnight fasting is mandatory. Urine: Submit 3 early morning samples for 3 consecutive days, in a sterile container collected from the laboratory. Do not pool the samples. Ship refrigerated.

TAT: Interim: 14 days & 4 weeks Final: 6 weeks Positive results between 2- 42 days shall be informed telephonically

Fee₹1,210

Infectious Diseases

AFB stain

History/ provisional diagnosis/ diagnosis/any significant past history is manadatory.

Sample: Submit specimen 2ml (min 1ml)in a sterile screw capped container. Ship refrigerated.

TAT: 6hrs

Fee₹410

Infectious Diseases

AFB (ZN) stain for Sputum

History/ provisional diagnosis/ diagnosis/any significant past history is manadatory.

Sample: Submit Sputum in a sterile screw capped container.For 3 consecutive days. Ship refrigerated.

TAT: 6hrs

Fee₹300

Infectious Diseases

Mantoux Test

Sample: Conducted on patient

TAT: Reading is taken after 48 hours and within 72 hours

Fee₹130

Infectious Diseases

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis DNA PCR (GeneXpert)

History/ provisional diagnosis/ diagnosis/any significant past history is manadatory.

Sample: 3 mL (1 mL min.) Sputum OR 3 mL (1 mL min) concentrated sediments prepared from induced or expectorated Sputum OR 3 mL (1 mL min) BAL fluid OR 2 mL (1 mL min.) CSF OR 5 mL (3 mL min) Body fluids/ Aspirates OR Pus in a sterile screw capped container OR Fresh tissue biopsies including endometrial aspirate / curettage in sterile normal saline. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE.

TAT: one day

Fee₹2,420

Infectious Diseases

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) Qualitative by Real-time PCR

Antitubercular Drug Sensitivity includes Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol & Pyrazinamide

Sample: Submit first morning Sputum on 3 consecutive days OR 5–10 mL Body fluids / Aspirates OR 2 mL CSF, OR 100 ml (50 ml min) first morning Urine collected on 3 consecutive days OR Fresh tissue biopsies including endometrial aspirate / curettage in sterile normal saline OR formalin fixed paraffin embedded Tissue block OR 3 mL (1 mL min.) Whole blood/Bone Marrow in 1 Lavender Top (EDTA)/ Yellow Top (ACD) tube OR Menstrual blood in a sterile screw capped container OR culture isolates. All specimens to be collected aseptically and shipped refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE.

TAT: 24 hrs

Fee₹2,420

Infectious Diseases

Quantiferon TB Gold (IGRA)

History/ provisional diagnosis/ diagnosis/any significant past history is manadatory.

Sample: 1ml whole blood in each tube specialized vacutainer tubes, Nil, Antigen & Mitogen tubes provided by NARL /Heparin Plasma tube 5ml (should reach NARL Bangalore within 24 hrs)

TAT: Tues and Fri evening

Fee₹2,970

Infectious Diseases

TB Drug First Line

MTB complex, rpob,KatG,InhA

Sample: 2 mL (1 mL min) Sputum / Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Pleural aspirates / CSF / Body fluid OR Cultured growth on appropriate media in a sterile screw capped container in a sealed plastic bag. Ship refrigerated. DO NOT FREEZE

TAT: 4th day evening

Includes 4 tests

Fee₹2,180