Laboratory Services 



4. Identification of Culture Isolates 



Cultures suspected of being the LDB will be confimied or identified. 

 Address requests and specimens to: 



Center for Disease Control 

 Attention: Dr. Robert E. Weaver 



Special Bacteriology Section 



DASH-Unit 17 



Clinical Bacteriology Branch 



Bureau of Laboratories 

 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 

 Telephone (404)3 29-3248 



5. Histopathological Examination 



Formalin-fixed tissues from patients with suspected LD will be examined. Either 

 wet or paraffin-embedded tissues are acceptable. 

 Address requests and specimens to: 



Center for Disease Control 

 Attention: Dr. Martin D. Hicklin 



Pathology Division 



DASH-Unit 09 



Bureau of Laboratories 

 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 

 Telephone (404) 3 29-3 136 



D. Submitting Reference Specimens 



1. Infomiation Required 



Specimens submitted to CDC for any or all of the above-listed reference diagnos- 

 tic services must be accompanied by the following patient information on CDC Fonn 

 3.203 (see below): 



(a) Patient's name 



(b) Patient's birth date 



(c) Patient's sex 



(d) Referring physician's clinical diagnosis 



(e) Date of onset of illness 



(f) Dates sera were drawn 



(g) Whether illness was fatal 



(h) Highest temperature recorded for patient 



(i) Infomiation on other specimens from the patient which have been submitted 

 separately to a state health department laboratory or to CDC 



2. Transporting 



The reliability of laboratory test results largely depends upon the care and 

 thought used in the collection, handling, and shipment of diagnostic specimens. 



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