Phage Typing
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Description:
Phage typing of S. boydii.
Test Category:
Phage Typing
Pathogen:
Shigella boydii
Laboratory:
Illnesses and Diseases:
- Shigellosis
Specimen:
Isolate from urine, stool, blood, environmental, food, other.
Collection Method:
Isolate provided on culture medium.
Specimen Processing, Storage and Shipping:
Sendas growth on culture medium or in transport medium. Organisms should be sent as cultures.
Transportation of Dangerous Goods:
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.
Patient Criteria:
Gastroenteritis, septicemia, infection, other.
Accompanying Documentation:
Completed Enteric Diseases Program requisition form.
Comments:
Methods and Interpretation of Results:
See references below.
Turnaround Time:
21 calendar days.
Contact:
References:
- Woodward, David., Clifford Clark, Richard Caldeira, Rafiq Ahmed, Geoff Soule, Louis Bryden, Helen Tabor, Passquale Melito, Roger Foster, Julie Walsh, Lai-King Ng, Georgia Malcom, Nancy Strockbine, Frank Rodgers and The Canadian Public Health Laboratories. 2005. Identification and characterization of Shigella boydii 20 serovar nov., a new and emerging Shigella serotype. J. Med. Microbiol. 54: 741-748.
- R. Ahmed, C. Pucknell, W. Demczuk, D. Woodward, J. Ismail and F. Rodgers. A Phage typing Scheme for Characterization of Outbreak and Sporadic isolates of Shigella sonnei in Canada. 68th Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases in Ottawa, Ontario. CACMID Nov. 5-8, 2000.
- Anderson, E. S., and R. E. O. Williams. 1956. Bacteriophage Typing of Enteric Pathogens and Staphylococciand its use in Epidemiology. J. Clin. Path. 9: 94-127.
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