Clostridioides difficile ribotyping network (CDRN) service
皇冠体育app CDRN laboratory provides access to Clostridioides difficile culture, ribotyping and enhanced fingerprinting services, according to standardised submission criteria.
National Clostridium difficile ribotyping network (CDRN) services are centralised at UKHSA laboratory Leeds聽(Reference Laboratory, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust).
皇冠体育app laboratory carries full UKAS accreditation (ISO 15189:2012) customer number .
PCR-ribotyping
皇冠体育appre are standardised criteria for submission of faecal samples for ribotyping.
皇冠体育appre is a prescribed 14-day turnaround time for this test.
C. difficile toxin-positive faecal samples or C. difficile isolates can be submitted for this test.
Enhanced fingerprinting
Enhanced fingerprinting using multilocus variable tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) is also available on request.
皇冠体育appre are criteria for submission of enhanced fingerprinting requests.
皇冠体育appre is a prescribed 14-day turnaround time for this test.
No further material needs to be submitted for this test.
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