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1 Biological Substance, Category B, Test List Note: The following list of tests is a guide only, based on ARUP s interpretation of the definition of Biological Substances, Category B. This list may not be complete. The client may deem that other specimens also meet the definition. Acanthamoeba Culture Acanthamoeba Stain Acid Fast Stain, Partial or Modified (for Nocardia sp.) Adenovirus Antigens by EIA AFB Culture (Includes AFB Stain ) AFB Culture (Includes AFB Stain ) with Reflex to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplified Direct Detection ( ) AFB Stain Only Anaerobe Culture (Includes Gram Stain ) Anaerobic Organism Identification Anaerobic Organism Identification with Reflex to Susceptibility Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Anaerobe Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Bactericidal Assay Antimicrobial Susceptibility - D-Test (Macrolide, Lincosamide, Streptogramin Resistance) Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Enterobacteriaceae Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Enterococcus Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Fastidious Organism Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Gram Positive Rod Antimicrobial Susceptibility - meca Gene by PCR Antimicrobial Susceptibility - MIC, Individual Antimicrobial Susceptibility - MIC/MBC Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Mould Susceptibility Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Nocardia Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Nonfermenter Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Not Otherwise Specified Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Staphylococcus Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Streptococcus pneumoniae Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Viridans Streptococcus Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Yeast Susceptibility Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen by EIA Bacterial Strain Characterization by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Bartonella DNA Detection by PCR Refer to the ARUP Laboratory Test Directory online at for additional test information. 13

2 Bartonella DNA Detection by PCR, Whole Blood BK Virus, Qualitative by PCR BK Virus, Quantitative by PCR Blastomyces dermatitidis Identification by DNA Probe Blood Culture Blood Culture, AFB Blood Culture, AFB & Fungal Blood Culture, Fungal Body Fluid Culture (Includes Gram Stain ) Bone Culture Bone Marrow Culture Bordetella pertussis/parapertussis by PCR Bordetella pertussis Culture Bordetella pertussis DFA Borrelia species DNA Detection by PCR (Lyme Disease) Bronchoscopy Culture Brucella Culture Campylobacter Antigen by EIA Candida Antigen Chlamydia pneumoniae by PCR Chlamydia pneumoniae Culture Chlamydia trachomatis Culture Chlamydia trachomatis DFA Clostridium difficile Culture with reflex to Cytotoxin Cell Assay Clostridium difficile Cytotoxin Cell Assay Clostridium difficile Toxins (A & B) by EIA Corynebacterium diphtheriae Culture Cryptococcus Antigen, CSF Cryptococcus Antigen, Serum CSF Bacterial Culture (Includes Gram Stain ) Cystic Respiratory Culture Cytology, Anal Cytology, Breast Ductal Lavage Cytology, SurePath Liquid-Based Pap Test (AutoCyte PREP System) Cytology, SurePath Liquid-Based Pap Test (AutoCyte PREP System) with Reflex to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Probe, High Risk Cytology, ThinPrep Pap Test Cytology, ThinPrep Pap with Reflex to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Probe, High Risk Cytomegalovirus by PCR Cytomegalovirus by PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow Cytomegalovirus DNA Quantitation by PCR Cytomegalovirus Rapid Culture Darkfield Exam E. coli Shiga-like Toxin by EIA Ear Culture Ectoparasite Exam Entamoeba histolytica Antigen, EIA Enterovirus Detection by RT-PCR Enterovirus Typing Epstein-Barr Virus by PCR Epstein-Barr Virus by Quantitative PCR ARUP Laboratories - May 2008

3 Epstein-Barr Virus by Quantitative PCR, Whole Blood Eye Culture Fungal Culture Fungal Culture, Skin, Hair or Nails Fungal Stain - KOH with Calcofluor White Gonorrhea Culture Gram Stain Helicobacter pylori Antigen, Stool Hepatitis B Virus DNA Ultrasensitive Quantitative Real-Time PCR Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen, Confirmation Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen with Reflex to Confirmation Hepatitis Be Virus Antigen Hepatitis C Virus Antibody (RIBA), Supplemental Hepatitis C Virus Antibody with Reflex to Supplemental RIBA Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping by PCR & Sequencing Hepatitis C Virus RNA Qualitative PCR Hepatitis C Virus RNA Qualitative PCR with Reflex to Hepatitis C Virus Antibody (RIBA), Supplemental Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative bdna Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative bdna with Reflex to Genotype Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative bdna with Reflex to Hepatitis C Virus Antibody (RIBA), Supplemental Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative bdna with Reflex to Qualitative PCR Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative by Real-Time PCR with Reflex to Genotype Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative by Real-Time PCR with Reflex to Hepatitis C Virus Antibody (RIBA), Supplemental Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative, Real-Time PCR Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantitative with Reflex to Qualitative PCR Hepatitis Delta Antigen Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV), IgM Antibody, EIA Hepatitis E Antibody, IgG Hepatitis E Antibody, IgM Hepatitis Panel, Acute with Reflex to HBsAg Confirmation Herpes Simplex Virus by PCR Herpes Simplex Virus Culture Herpes Simplex Virus Culture with Reflex to HSV Typing Herpes Simplex Virus DFA with Reflex to Herpes Simplex Virus Culture Herpes Simplex Virus Typing Herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) (A&B), Quantitation by PCR Histoplasma Antigen by EIA, Urine Histoplasma Antigen, Serum Histoplasma Blood Culture Histoplasma capsulatum Identification by DNA Probe Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Antibody, Confirmation Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Antibody with Reflex to Confirmation by Western Blot Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 DNA PCR, Qualitative Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1, Genotyping Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 RNA Quantitative bdna Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 RNA Quantitative bdna with Reflex to Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Genotyping Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 RNA Quantitative PCR Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 RNA Quantitative PCR with Reflex to Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Genotyping Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 RNA Quantitative PCR with Reflex to Ultrasensitive RNA Quantitative PCR Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Ultrasensitive Quantitative PCR with Reflex to HIV Quantitative PCR Refer to the ARUP Laboratory Test Directory online at for additional test information. 15

4 Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Ultrasensitive RNA Quantitative PCR Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Ultrasensitive RNA Quantitative PCR with Reflex to Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Genotyping Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1, virco TYPE Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1,2 Combined Antibodies with Reflex to HIV-1 Confirmation by Western Blot Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2 Antibody Confirmation by Immunoblot Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2 Antibody with Reflex to Confirmation Human Metapneumovirus by DFA Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Probe, High Risk ( ThinPrep) with Reflex to Genotyping Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Probe, High Risk SurePath with Reflex to Genotyping Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Probe, High Risk Surepath{R} (AutoCyte) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Probe, High Risk (ThinPrep{R}) Human T-Lymphotrophic Virus Types I/II Antibodies, Western Blot Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Types I/II Antibodies with Reflex to HTLV I/II Confirmation India Ink Exam Influenza A & B Culture Influenza A & B DFA with Reflex to Influenza Culture JC Virus by PCR Legionella pneumophila DFA Legionella Species, Culture Legionella Species by PCR Leptospira Culture Lymphocyte Subset Panel 1 - CD4 Absolute Count Only Lymphocyte Subset Panel 2 - CD4 Percent & Absolute Lymphocyte Subset Panel 3 - T-Cell Subsets (CD4 & CD8), Absolute Counts Only Lymphocyte Subset Panel 4 - T-Cell Subsets Percent & Absolute, Whole Blood Lymphocyte Subsets Panel 4 - T-Cell Subsets Percents & Ratio, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Lymphocyte Subset Panel 5 - Total Lymphocyte Enumeration Lymphocyte Subset Panel 6 - Total Lymphocyte Enumeration with CD45RA & CD45RO Malaria Smear (Giemsa Stain) Measles (Rubeola) Virus Culture Mumps Virus Culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplified Detection, CSF Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplified Direct Detection Mycoplasma pneumoniae by PCR Mycoplasma pneumoniae Culture Neuron Specific Enolase, CSF Nocardia Culture (Includes Gram stain ) Norovirus Group 1 & 2 Detection by RT-PCR Parasitology Stain by Modified Acid-Fast Parvovirus B 19, by PCR Parvovirus B 19, by PCR, Bone Marrow Pinworm Pneumocystis jiroveci DFA Respiratory Culture (Includes Gram Stain ) Respiratory Syncytial Virus DFA Respiratory Virus Mini Panel by RT-PCR Respiratory Viruses DFA Respiratory Viruses DFA with Reflex to Viral Culture Rotavirus & Adenovirus Antigens Rotavirus Antigen by EIA ARUP Laboratories - May 2008

5 SARS Associated Coronavirus by RT-PCR Staphylococcus Culture Stool Culture, Campylobacter Stool Culture, Routine (Includes E. coli Shiga-like Toxin by EIA ) Stool Culture, Vibrio Stool Culture, Yersinia Streptococcus (Group A) Culture Streptococcus (Group A) Rapid with Reflex to Culture Streptococcus Group B by PCR Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen, CSF Tissue Culture (Includes Gram Stain ) Toxoplasma gondii by PCR Ureaplasma urealyticum & Mycoplasma hominis Culture Urine Culture Vaginal Pathogens DNA Direct Probes Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Culture Varicella-Zoster Virus & Herpes Simplex Virus DFA with Reflex to Varicella-Zoster Virus Culture & Herpes Simplex Virus Culture Varicella-Zoster Virus by PCR Varicella-Zoster Virus DFA Varicella-Zoster Virus DFA with Reflex to Varicella-Zoster Virus Culture Viral Culture Viral Culture & Cytomegalovirus Rapid Culture West Nile Virus RNA by RT-PCR Wound Culture (Includes Gram Stain ) Yeast Culture Yeast Identification Yeast Identification by ITS rdna Sequencing Refer to the ARUP Laboratory Test Directory online at for additional test information. 17

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