Ethical and Compliant Sourcing
All specimens are collected under:
- IRB‑approved protocols
- Informed consent, or
- IRB‑approved waiver of consent for diagnostic remnants
We maintain strict standards, and are uniquely transparent. All of the sources we partner with are US-based.
Infectious Disease Remnants:
The following are non-exhaustive examples of infections available as swabs/urine/feces/cultures/saliva/sputum/bodily fluids, as single infections or as co-cultures.
This is not a complete list; some of the following are available in inventory, whilst others are available prospectively.
Available data may include information regarding sensitivity, CT values, depending on the diagnostic methods used and SoC/biobank data access to medical records at a particular hospital.
A variety of media/broths and swabs may be used, such as Amies, Copan & others. Remnant biospecimens are normally held refrigerated for 1-5 days before being made available for freezing/shipping.
Respiratory:
- Acinetobacter baumannii, Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, ESBL Escherichia coli, Methicillin Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Bodily fluids:
- Candida albicans, Enterococcus faecalis, Imipenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus intermedius
Urine cultures:
- Acinetobacter baumannii, Aerococcus urinae, Burkholderia cepacia, Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Carbapenem‑Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Citrobacter koseri, Corynebacterium urealyticum, Enterobacter cloacae complex, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus species, ESBL Escherichia coli, ESBL Klebsiella oxytoca, ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Lactobacillus species, Methicillin‑Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Morganella morganii, Proteus mirabilis, Providencia stuartii, Psychrobacter faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcus coagulase‑negative, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus species NOT S. saprophyticus, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus pneumoniae (antigen positive), Streptococcus viridans group, Trichosporon asahii, Vancomycin‑Resistant Enterococcus faecium, Yeast
Wound swab cultures:
- Acinetobacter baumannii, Achromobacter xylosoxidans, aggregatibacter segnis, Anaerobic gram negative bacteria, Anaerobic gram positive cocci, Anaerobic gram positive rod, Bacteria, Bacillus spp. NOT B. anthracis, bacteroides fragilis, Bacteroides ovatus/xylanisolvens, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Bifidobacterium species, Brevundimonas diminuta, Campylobacter ureolyticus, Candida albicans, Candida auris, Candida glabrata, Candida parapsilosis, Carbapenem Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Carbapenem Resistant Proteus mirabilis, Carbapenem Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Citrobacter freundii, Citrobacter koseri, Corynebacterium jeikeium, Corynebacterium striatum, Cutibacterium acnes, Cutibacterium avidum, Diphtheroids, Dialister micraerophilus, Enterobacter cloacae complex, Enterobacter hormaechei, Enterococcus avium, Enterococcus casseliflavus, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus raffinosus, Enterococcus species, Escherichia coli, ESBL Escherichia coli, ESBL Klebsiella oxytoca, ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae, Finegoldia magna, Fungus, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Gleimia europaea, Granulicatella adiacens, Gram negative rod, Group G, In Progress, Klebsiella aerogenes, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Lactobacillus species, Leclercia adecarboxylata, Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, mixed anaerobic flora, moderate esbl escherichia coli, Moderate Streptococcus group C, Moraxella lacunata, Morganella morganii, Morganella morganii ssp morganii, multidrug resistant proteus miranillis, MultiDrug Resistant Proteus mirabilis, MultiDrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, No anaerobes isolated at 5 days, Parvimonas micra, Pasteurella bettyae, Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus, Prevotella buccalis, Prevotella disiens, Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella oris, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus penneri, Proteus species, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia rettgeri, Providencia stuartii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas stutzeri, pyogenes, Serratia marcescens, Staphylococcu coagulase negative, Staphylococcus Aurenus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus coagulase negative, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus lugdunensi, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus alpha hemolytic, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus anginosus (S. milleri), Streptococcus buccalis, Streptococcus constellatus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp dysgalactiae, Streptococcus group c, Streptococcus mitis/oralis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus species, Streptococcus viridans group, staphyloccusj coagulase neg., Vibrio alginolyticus, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium, Yeast.
Diagnostic remnants and/or prospective/consented collections are also available for HIV and hepatitis. Hepatitis liver FFPE biopsies may be available from diagnostic archives (FFPE over 10 years old, made available with IRB approval), especially if you can accept tumor/NAT from patients with HCC.
