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Throat Strep A Culture
Test Code1236211009
Alias/See Also
Culture
Strep A
STREPACXTHR
Throat
Strep A
STREPACXTHR
Throat
CPT Codes
87081
Preferred Specimen
Specimen collected with an ESwab regular collection kit
Instructions
1. Depress tongue with depressor.
2. Sample posterior tonsils and inflamed areas with a sterile swab. White patches in the tonsillar area are especially productive for streptococcal isolation.
3. Return swab to container.
4. Label container noting source of throat.
2. Sample posterior tonsils and inflamed areas with a sterile swab. White patches in the tonsillar area are especially productive for streptococcal isolation.
3. Return swab to container.
4. Label container noting source of throat.
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Sources other than throat
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Improper specimen collection, storage, and transport
Reference Range
No pathogenic beta hemolytic streptococci cultured
Performing Laboratory
Guthrie Clinic Lab
