PhenoTest BC
Abbreviation
PBC
Preferred Specimen
Positive blood culture only, no other specimen accepted
Minimum Volume
- 0.5mL
- 1mL preferred
Collection Instructions
Blood Culture Bottle
Transport Container
Plastic Pour Off Tube
Transport Temperature
Ambient
Stability
Ambient up to 7 hours post-positive
Methodology
Utilizes both qualitative nucleic acid flourescence in situ hybridization (FISH) identification and quantitative, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST)
Reference Ranges
Positive results for microbes and susceptibility
Clinical Significance
Intended to measure signal intensity of fluorescent probes bound to nucleic acid in target and non-target organisms and to take time-lapsed dark-field images of immobilized growing bacteria cells
Alternative Names
- ID
- AST
- Rapid Phenotypic Susceptibility