RESTRICTED USE:
Test is available for ordering for hospitalized patients by Marshfield Medical Center, MMC-Weston, MMC-Park Falls, MMC-Eau Claire, MMC-Ladysmith, MMC-Minocqua, MMC-Neillsville, MMC-Rice Lake and MMC-River Region. Samples for clinic patients should be sent to Microbiology for evaluation. Test is also available for Outreach clients (including MMC-Dickinson which orders as Outreach).
Not for routine diagnosis of viral syndrome illness. To be used in serious lower respiratory illness in urgent care/emergency room/intensive care settings. The Extended Respiratory Panel is used for the qualitative detection and identification of multiple respiratory viral and bacterial nucleic acids in nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs from individuals with suspected respiratory tract infections. The panel detects the following upper respiratory viruses and bacteria: Adenovirus, Coronavirus (229E, HKU1, NL63, OC43), SARS-CoV2, Human Metapneumovirus, Influenza A (subtypes H1, H1-2009, H3), Influenza B, Parainfluenza virus 1, Parainfluenza virus 2, Parainfluenza virus 3, Parainfluenza virus 4, Human Rhinovirus/Enterovirus, Respiratory Syncytial virus, Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumonia.
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