24-hour urine collection
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Amniocytes
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Amniotic fluid
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Anus
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Aqueous humour
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Around
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Ascitic / peritoneal fluid
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Autopsy
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Axilla
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Bartholin gland
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Belzer fluid
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Biological fluid
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Biopsy
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Bladder
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Blood (isolator)
Isolator
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Blood product
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Bodily fluid and serum
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Bone marrow
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Bone marrow + 4 smears from puncture
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Bone marrow (Isolator)
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Bronchoalveolar lavage
BAL,
LBA
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Brushing esophagus
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Cardiac biopsy
heart biopsy,
heart tissue
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Catheter
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Cellulite puncture
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Cerebral fluid (CSF)
CSF,
Lumbar puncture,
lp
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Cerebral fluid (CSF) and blood
CSF and blood
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Cerebral fluid (CSF) and serum
CSF
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Cervix
Endocervix
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Chorionic biopsy
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Chorionic villi
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Colon biopsy
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Corneal biopsy
Corneal tissue,
Cornea
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Cultured fibroblasts or cultured amniocytes
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Cultured fibroblasts, tested negative for mycoplasma.
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Cytobrush
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Deep pus and abscess
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Dialysate
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DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid,
DNA
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DNA from different fresh tissue or frozen
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Drain
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Drops of blood absorbed onto filter paper
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Duodenal fluid
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Ectoparasite / bug
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Endotracheal / Bronchial secretions
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Endotracheal aspirates
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Environment
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Epiglottis
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Erythrocytes
Red blood cells
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Eye (conjunctiva)
Conjunctiva
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Fetal cord blood
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Fibroblasts (Skin)
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Fistula
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Fresh stool of a symptomatic patient ( liquid stools , soft or gelatinous )
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Fresh tissue (sterile)
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Frozen tissue
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Frozen tissue section
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Gastric fluid
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Gastrique intubation
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Hair
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Heart valve tissue biopsy
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IUD
|
Joint / synovial fluid
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Joint fluid
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Liquid stool
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Liquid stool or semi-liquid
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Liver biopsy
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Lower respiratory tract specimen
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Lung biopsy
Pleural biopsy,
Lung tissue,
Pleural tissue
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Micturition
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Middle ear / mastoid
mastoid,
Tympannique aspirates
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Mouth
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Nail
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Nasopharyngeal aspirates
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Nasopharyngeal secretions
NPS,
Nasopharyngeal aspiration
|
Nasopharyngeal swab
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Nerve
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Nose
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Nose, anus, umbilicus
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Outer ear
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Pancreatic / biliary fluid
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Parotic duct
|
Pericardial fluid
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Peritoneal fluid
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Placenta
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Plasma
|
Plasma and erythrocytes
|
Plasma or serum
|
Plasma or serum or whole blood
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Pleural fluid
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Rectal swab
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Saliva
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Scales from skin
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Sclera
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Serum
|
Serum and plasma
Serum,
Plasma
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Serum and whole blood
|
Serum and/or plasma
Serum,
Plasma
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Skeletal muscle
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Skin lesion biopsy tissue
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Solid tumor
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Spleen tissue biopsy
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Stones
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Stool specimen collected in the intestinal lumen scopy .
|
Stools
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Superficial wound
Superficial pus
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Sweat
|
Throat
|
Tissue
|
Tissue biopsy
|
Tissue biopsy : bone
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Tissue biopsy : brain, liver ans spleen
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Tissue biopsy : fascia, muscle
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Tissue biopsy : ganglion
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Tissue biopsy : lung, pleura
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Tissue biopsy : skin
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Tissue or tumor
|
Tissue section fixed and embedded in paraffin
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Touch prep (lymph node / mass)
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Tumor
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Umbilicus
|
Urethra
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Urine
|
Urine and plasma (or serum)
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Vagina
|
Vaginal / anal secretions
|
Vaginal secretions
vagina,
vulva
|
Viral strain
Supernatant virology
|
Whole blood
Blood
|
Whole blood + 2 smears
|
Whole blood + smear according to the requested panel
|
Whole blood or plasma
|
Worm
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