Microbiology services consultation fees
Value Added Tax is added at current rate to all fees.
| BACTERIOLOGY | |
|---|---|
| Swab (culture, ID, sensitivity) | £ 23.00 |
| Blood culture (culture, ID, MIC) 1X | £ 24.00 |
| Blood culture (as above) 2 to 3X, same case | £ 45.00 |
| BAL/tracheal wash (culture, ID, sensitivity); screening includes Bordetella | £ 24.00 |
| BAL X2 (same case) | £ 35.00 |
| Synovial fluid (culture, MIC) | £ 24.00 |
| Abdominal/pleural (also other fluid specimens) | £ 24.00 |
| Liver tissue biopsy/bile (culture, ID, MIC) | £ 27.00 |
| Urine (culture, identification, MIC for cysto samples) | £ 23.00 |
| MRSA/MRSP screen (culture only); per swab | £ 10.00 |
| for 2 swabs/same case | £ 15.00 |
| for 3 swabs/same case | £ 20.00 |
| Skin and ear (bacterial and fungal culture) | £ 26.00 |
| Fresh tissue biopsy (bacterial and fungal culture) | £ 26.00 |
| Faecal culture (Salmonella, Campylobacter, Cl. perfringens screen and sensitivity) | £ 26.00 |
| Salmonella screen only | £ 7.00 |
| MYCOLOGY | |
|---|---|
| Skin scraping/hair microscopy | £ 10.00 |
| Skin fungal (dermatophytes; microscopy and culture) | £ 20.00 |
| Skin and ear (bacteriology and mycology) | £ 26.00 |
| Cryptococcus | |
|---|---|
| A) India Ink stain only | £ 8.00 |
| B) India Ink + antigen test | £ 30.00 |
| C) Culture, Identification | £ 35.00 |
| D) A+B+C | £ 60.00 |
| DIAGNOSTIC PCRs | |
|---|---|
| Equine Herpesvirus (EHV)-2, EHV-4, EHV-5 | £ 24.00 |
| EHV-4 (2-4 tissues from the same case) | £ 35.00 |
| EHV-2, -4, -5 with submission of 10 or more samples (per sample) | £ 18.00 |
| Streptococcus equi ssp. equi (strangles) | £ 28.00 |
| Submission of 2 samples from same case (eg. left/right guttural pouch wash) | £ 30.00 |
| Submission of 10 or more samples (per sample) | £ 18.00 |
| MRSA/MRSP (Staphylococcus aureus/pseudintermedius) | £ 24.00 |
| Mycobacteria (fresh tissue) | |
| PCR only | £ 45.00 |
| PCR with sequencing | £ 65.00 |
| In development: Clostridium perfringens CPE (Cl. enterotoxin typing) |
£ 40.00 |
MYCOPLASMA DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
CONSULTATION FEES
Value Added Tax is added at current rate to all fees.
| MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS | |
|---|---|
| PCR for M. gallisepticum, M. synoviae or M. meleagridis | |
| Single sample | £ 32.20 |
| Pool of three samples | £ 48.30 |
| Strain typing by gene sequencing (i.e. sequencing of the mgc2 gene for M. gallisepticum, vlhA gene for M. synoviae) |
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| Initial PCR, including DNA extraction* | £ 34.50 |
| PCR as above and products sequencing & analysed | £ 80.50 |
| PCR, sequencing & analysis if DNA samples provided | £ 51.75 |
| [* This is for samples where there is no PCR product so the investigations cannot be taken any further.] | |
| 16-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region for unknown mycoplasmas [DNA extraction, PCR, sequencing and analysis across 3 areas] |
£ 138.00 |
| CULTURE FOR ISOLATION OF MYCOPLASMA SP. | |
|---|---|
| Broth culture | £ 1.65 |
| Plate culture | £ 6.90 |
| IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST TO IDENTIFY MYCOPLASMA ISOLATED | |
|---|---|
Each unknown culture and each control |
£ 6.90 |
| [NB: There is a minimum charge of £27.60 because even one test sample requires three controls.] | |