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