Infections this can help detect

• Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI)

Symptoms to consider for use

• Fever
• Wheezing
• Difficulty breathing, especially breathing quickly or in an irregular pattern
• Difficulty catching your breath
• Tightness in the chest or chest pain

Medical specialties that treat infection

• Pulmonologists

Collection Instructions

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Purchase Disclaimers

• Sample should be shipped out to the lab within 24 hours of collection. If you are unable to ship out the sample within 24 hours, be sure to place in a refrigerator.
• Samples that have not been submitted, cannot be refunded after 90 days.
• We DO NOT offer refunds on shipping fees or lab services.
• New York orders for this product will only run qPCR for gene resistance (excluding Quinolone resistance) and bacterial load; followed by NGS, which compares the DNA to a library of over 57,000 microbial species.
• Samples originating from New York patients, or providers, will NOT receive antibiotic recommendations.
• MicroGenDX cannot ship to Russia, China (except Hong Kong), Ukraine, Hungary, India, or any country in Africa.
• The organisms identified in the lab report may or may not be associated with infection. Please consult your treating physician for further details.
• Avoid direct contact with antimicrobials during sample collection process.