Collect
Submit a slant or at least = 2.0 mL of a broth culture. Specify the type of media used.
Unacceptable Conditions
Mixed cultures or non-viable organisms.
Organisms submitted on a Petri dish.
Storage Transport Temp
Room temperature
Notes
NTM4 replaces test code 3i, effective February 1, 2013.
- MIC testing of rapidly growing mycobacteria performed using a microtiter plate format. Refer to Interpretive Data section for list of drugs and concentrations.
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) performed on nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) isolates by request only.
- Identification must be provided for isolates when AST only is ordered. If identification is not provided, identification testing will be performed and billed accordingly. There will be an additional charge for purification/isolation of cul
- tures containing a non-acid-fast contaminant, or more than one mycobacterial species.