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OB GROUP B STREP SCREEN

Test Code
LAB3624


CPT Codes
87081

Setup Schedule
Set Up:Daily Report Available:3 days


Clinical Significance
It is important to isolate and identify group B streptococci in vaginal and perineal specimens from obstetric patients because this organism may cause severe sepsis and/or meningitis in neonates. For optimal recovery of group B streptococci, a swab specimen of the vagina introitus and anorectum is collected.


Performing Laboratory
GBMC Microbiology



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