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Test Code LAB261 Mycoplasma genitalium NAA

Test Performed By

Cayuga Medical Center, Main Laboratory

Container Name

Vaginal - Aptima Swab Multitest (orange)

Urethral – Aptima Swab Unisex (blue swab only)

Endocervical - Aptima Swab Unisex (blue swab only)

Penile Meatal - Aptima Swab Multitest (orange)

Urine (Male & Female) – Aptima Urine (yellow)

Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed

Monday through Friday, days

CPT Codes

87563

Source

Vaginal, Urethral, Endocervical, Penile Meatal, Urine (Male & Female)

Temperature and Specimen Stability

  • Aptima Swab - 60 days room temp or refrigerated, 5 months frozen
  • Urine - unpreserved 24 hours room temp or refrigerated
  • Aptima Urine Vial - 30 days room temp or refrigerated, 90 days frozen

Clinical and Interpretive

This assay is a nucleic acid based test used to identify Mycoplasma genitalium. M. genitalium is a sexually-transmitted bacterium. M. genitalium has a cell membrane but no cell wall and lives on and in the epithelial cells of the urinary and genital tracts of males and females. M. genitalium infections largely go unrecognized, as infected individuals are either asymptomatic or have symptoms similar to those associated with other bacterial infections of the urogenital tract.

 

For females, a vaginal swab is the preferred specimen type due to higher clinical sensitivity for detecting M. genitalium than other specimen types; however, female urine or clinician collected endocervical swabs may be used as alternative specimens when vaginal swab specimens are not available.