Selective culture in patients with suspected Clostridium perfringens food poisoning. This test is not routinely carried out and so brief clinical and epidemiological information should be included from cases of suspected C. perfringens diarrhoea, particularly the date of the onset of symptoms.
Tube
Brown top universal with spoon.
ID
3632.
Additional Information
Suspicious isolates will be referred to the reference laboratory for identification of enterotoxigenic C. perfringens by PCR. The stool sample may also be referred to the reference laboratory for detection of C. perfringens enterotoxin by ELISA.
Turn Around
14 days.
Send to
Microbiology Department, Centre for Laboratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF.
Collection Con
Samples should be collected as close to the onset of symptoms as possible. Min vol 2g.
IP Routine TAT
14 days.
GP Routine TAT
14 days.