Consider in infants with poor feeding, irritability, lethargy, fever.
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Combined nasal & throat swab in virus transport medium (NOT IN CHARCOAL) Nasophanyngeal aspirate (NPA) Sputum Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) |
RealTime respiratory multiplex RT-PCR |
Influenza A & B
Parainfluenza types 1-4
RSV
Human metapneumovirus
Coronaviruses (NL63/ 229E/ OC43/ HKU)
Human bocavirus
Rhinovirus
Enteroviruses/ parechoviruses
Adenoviruses
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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For suspected outbreak testing please contact the Infection Control and Prevention team BEFORE sending samples to the laboratory. |
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Enquiries |
Microbiology (Virology and Serology), ext. 64627 |
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