CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PCR – ScanLab Center

Sub Category

infectious diseases

Synonym/Aliases

Chlamydophila Trachomatis Pcr; C. Trachomatis Nucleic Acid (Amplification) Test

Abbreviations

C. Trachomatis Pcr; C. Trachomatis Naat; C. Trachomatis Nat.

^Type

Individual Test

^Results

RESULTS READY AFTER 7 WORKING DAYS

^Method

PCR

^Temp

AMBIENT OR REFRIGERATED (2-8ºC)

^Setup

BATCHED

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY. EXACT SAMPLE TYPE MUST BE SPECIFIED.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

VARIABLE I.E. URINE (FIRST MORNING URINE, FIRST CATCH PORTION), EJACULATE, PERITONEAL FLUID, SWAB (E.G. URETHRAL, VAGINAL, RECTAL, ENDOCERVICAL, EYE SWAB), CERVICAL CELLS IN LIQUID BASED CYTOLOGY (LBC) VIAL OR AS PER MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS. SELF COLLECTED OR CLINICIAN COLLECTED VAGINAL SWABS ARE ACCEPTABLE IF HANDLED AS PER MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS.

Container/ preservative

DRAYON, RAYON OR POLYESTER FIBRE SWABS, PLACED IN VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIA (VTM) OR OTHER APPROPRIATE MEDIA & WELL CAPPED. FIRST MORNING URINE SHOULD BE COLLECTED IN A STERILE CONTAINER.

Sample volume

>3 ML URINE/ FLUID OR ENTIRE LBC VIAL OR APPROPRIATE SWAB IN TRANSPORT TUBE.

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE (E.G. COTTON SWABS); INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE.

Other Instructions

IF SWAB COLLECTION IS DONE, PLACE SWAB IN TRANSPORT TUBE (WHERE APPLICABLE), BREAK SWAB SHAFT AT THE SCORE LINE & RECAP TUBE WELL.

Reference intervals

NOT DETECTED/ NEGATIVE

Clinical Utility

EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION/ SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION (STI)/ LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (LGV). THIS MAY MANIFEST AS URETHRITIS, CERVICITIS, EPIDIDYMITIS, PROSTATITIS, PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, TUBAL FACTOR INFERTILITY ETC. IT MAY ALSO MANIFEST IN NEWBORNS AS EYE DISCHARGE OR ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

- N/A