Specimen Requirements

Title

Culture, Mycoplasma Hominis/Ureaplasma

Specimen Requirement

Preferred specimen(s)
Urogenital (vaginal, cervical, urethral swabs or secretions) collected in VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent (UTM) container

Alternative specimen(s)
Urine • Sterile body fluids • Tissue • Wounds (swab) • Respiratory (sputum, bronchial washing, tracheobronchial secretions, bronchial alveolar lavage, nasopharyngeal or throat swabs) collected in a VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent (UTM) container

Collection instructions:
Submit a 1:1 volume of sterile body fluids, urine, tissue, respiratory (sputum, bronchial washing, tracheobronchial secretions, bronchial alveolar lavage) in VCM or equivalent transport media.
Respiratory samples are only acceptable from children under 1 year old.

Note: Do not use M4RT; the room temperature formula cannot be used for mycoplasma.

Methodology

Culture

Stability

Room temp: Unacceptable Refrigerated: 48 hours, Frozen: 30 days (-70 C)

Reference Range

By Report*

Turnaround

5-7 days

Clinical Use

Establish the diagnosis of Ureaplasma urealyticum infection in suspected cases of urethritis and cervicitis.

Test Code

MMYCU