All STEC isolates or broths were sent for confirmation to the Scientific Laboratory Division of the New Mexico Department of Health, where Shiga toxin expression was confirmed by enzyme immunoassay (EIA); the broth was then cultured and preliminarily serotyped.
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Both isolates were sent for confirmation and further typing to the Bacteriology Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, in Helsinki.
The tumor and the cysts were removed and sent for confirmation.
Samples giving discrepant HIV results were sent for confirmation by enzyme immunoassay.
Primary isolates obtained at regional laboratories were sent for confirmation, further typing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of MRSA to the NRL Staph.
In addition, blood samples were drawn from 2 patients of 2 health care clinics in the Alajuela province districts of San Carlos and Alajuela who had clinical signs compatible with recent ehrlichiosis; the samples were sent for confirmation by PCR.
Currently the turn around time with the local Thailand hospital where the POC positive results are sent for confirmation and the distance involved is a minimum of 3 days (usually a week).
The B. pseudomallei isolate from 1 such patient and 2 B. pseudomallei isolates from soil and water samples in the corresponding environmental study were sent for confirmation and molecular typing, as before.
The first 10 positive serum specimens, all of which had dengue antibodies were sent for confirmation to the National Health Laboratory Services in South Africa, where all were subsequently found to be positive for dengue IgG and IgM by hemagglutination-inhibition test and ELISA, respectively.
