Preferred specimen(s)
Urogenital (vaginal, cervical, urethral swabs or secretions) collected in VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent (UTM) container

Alternative specimen(s)
Urine • Sterile body fluids • Tissue • Wounds (swab) • Respiratory (sputum, bronchial washing, tracheobronchial secretions, bronchial alveolar lavage, nasopharyngeal or throat swabs) collected in a VCM medium (green-cap) tube or equivalent (UTM) container

Collection instructions:
Submit a 1:1 volume of sterile body fluids, urine, tissue, respiratory (sputum, bronchial washing, tracheobronchial secretions, bronchial alveolar lavage) in VCM or equivalent transport media.
Respiratory samples are only acceptable from children under 1 year old.

Note: Do not use M4RT; the room temperature formula cannot be used for mycoplasma.