Bacteriology Proficiency Testing Program

Results

General - January 2008

• Specimen No. 1 - Stool (Pathogens Only)
  • Shigella flexneri
• Specimen No. 2 - Sputum (Pathogens only)
  • Haemophilus influenzae
• Specimen No. 3 - Blood (All Organisms)
  • Clostridium septicum
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Specimen No. 4 - Wound (Pathogens only)
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Oxacillin: Resistant
    Vancomycin: Susceptible
• Specimen No. 5 - Cervix (pathogens only)
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Chlamydia Specimen - Vaginal (Presence of C. trachomatis)
  • Negative for C. trachomatis
• Specimen A - Throat (Presence of Group A Strep antigen)
  • Positive for Group A Streptococcus
• Specimen B - Vaginal (Presence of Group B Streptococcus)
  • Negative for Group B Streptococcus