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| Message Alert: | PLEASE NOTE: This Test Directory is in an interim state and due to changes pertaining to the DynaLIFE transition, performing site for routing has not been updated. Please refer to Laboratory Information System for appropriate routing. | ||
| Test Name/Synonym: | Leishmaniasis - Mucocutaneous Form | ||
| Pathogen: | Leishmania Viannia braziliensis Leishmania Viannia guyanensis Leishmania Viannia paramensis and other Leishmania Viannia spp. | ||
| Test Includes: | Culture Microscopy PCR or NAT Serology | ||
| Ordering Alert: | Travel history must be provided | ||
| Specimen Collection Requirements: | Microscopy and Culture Direct (bedside) smear on a glass slide, air dried (touch prep or tissue smear) AND Biopsy, scrapings or aspirate from the lesion (for instructions click on the link below) IMPORTANT - SHIP SPECIMENS DIRECTLY TO PROV LAB AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, WITHIN 24 HOURS OF COLLECTION. Serology 5 mL serum separator tube (SST) or pediatrics may use 2 mL red top tube | ||
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| Testing Area: | Parasitology or Parasitic Serology | ||
| Referral Lab: | Serology performed at National Reference Centre for Parasitology | ||
| Performing Site: | Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Edmonton) | ||
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| Contact Comments: | Culture and PCR performed only by prior arrangement with the Public Health Lab (ProvLab) Microbiologist On-Call . | ||
| Last Updated On: | Monday, January 15, 2024 | ||
| Date of Last Review: | Jan 4 2024 12:00AM | ||
