Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) for S - Michigan



Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) for S. aureus – UP Lab

TEST CODE: 2961

USE OF TEST: DNA fingerprinting bacterial isolates for outbreak and epidemiologic investigations.

TEST PERFORMED: Houghton/Monday-Friday.

*NOTE* Cultures for organisms other than S. aureus should be forwarded to the MDCH laboratory in Lansing.

ANALYTIC TIME: One-three weeks.

INTERPRETATION: Isolates are either the same strain, genetically related, or are different strains.

SPECIMEN TYPE: Pure bacterial isolates of methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA).

VOLUME: N/A

UNIT NUMBER: N/A

FORM NUMBER: DCH 0572.

*NOTE*

1. Specimens will only be accepted to support outbreak investigations. Contact the MDCH Communicable Disease Epidemiology Division (517-335-8165) for consultation.

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