Sentence examples for the swabs are from inspiring English sources
The swabs are put into separate packets and mailed to Sorenson's laboratory in Salt Lake City.
The swabs are inoculated directly onto chromogenic agar and confirmed as previously described.
The swabs are sent to one laboratory in each country using special envelopes.
The swabs are then rolled on to a half CHROMagar medium (CHROMagar, Paris) [ 25] and incubated at 35°C. for two days.
In addition the initial volume and tube size must allow all swabs to be immersed in the transport media in the event the swabs are left in the tube.
The advantage of removing the swab prior to transport is that it eases processing for the diagnostic lab, eliminates the loss of media due to absorption by the swabs, and reduces the potential for cross-contamination by aerosols in the event that the swabs are removed in the lab.
The amount of sperm left on the swabs was sufficient to run a DNA test.
The swabs were tested for a wide range of biological agents, including smallpox and anthrax, he said.
All the swabs were positive for the tet(M) gene.
While none of the swabs were positive for N. gonorrhoeae and T. pallidum, 31.6% of the swabs (42/133) were positive for C. trachomatis and/or Mycoplasmas infection.
While none of vaginal swabs were positive for N. gonorrhoeae and T. pallidum, 18.8% (25/133) of the swabs were positive for Chlamydia spp. and 17.3% of the swabs (23/133) were positive for Mycoplasma species.
