Legal Case Workup

Legal case workup of Neisseria gonorrhoeae includes antimicrobial susceptibility testing, plasmid profiling, and other characterization tests that are determined on a case by case basis. All tests are done to determine the relatedness between submitted specimens.

Pure culture.

N/A

Pure Neisseria gonorrhoeae cultures can be transported in: i) Amies Clear Agar Gel Transport Swabs; ii) Chocolate Agar Slants that have been incubated at 35oC in a CO₂ enriched atmosphere for 18-24 hours before transport; iii) shipped on dry ice, frozen at -80^oC in BHI (Brain Heart Infusion) broth containing 20% glycerine. Cultures MUST be shipped before the Wednesday of each week.

Shipping of specimens shall be done by a TDG certified individual in accordance with TDG regulations. For additional information regarding classification of specimens for the purposes of shipping, consult either Part 2 Appendix 3 of the TDG Regulations or section 3.6.2 of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations as applicable.

Infection with N. gonorrhoeae.

Completed Neisseria gonorrhoeae Surveillance and Reference Testingrequisition form with sender lab name, address and telephone number. All patient information must be filled out including patient identifier (specimen reference #), date of birth and sex, type of specimensubmitted, date collected, isolation site and test requested. Test results to be included, if possible, are antimicrobial susceptibility values and beta-lactamase results. Specimens submitted for legal cases MUST follow chain of custody protocols. Please contact the laboratory to inquire about protocols.

This test is done only as a special request. Specimens submitted for legal cases MUST follow chain of custody protocols. Please contact the laboratory prior to sending specimens.

Please see individual information sheets for each test.

Differs for each test. Please see individual test information sheets.

Please see individual information sheets for each test.