LOINC display name : M. flocculare 16S rRNA gene NAA probe Ql (Specimen);
LOINC long common name : Mycoplasma flocculare 16S rRNA gene [Presence] in Specimen by NAA with probe detection;
LOINC short name : M flocc 16S rRNA Spec Ql NAA probe;
LOINC description : M. flocculare is a difficult organism to identify by culture. Quantitative PCR methods
can more successfully identify M. flocculare in swine herds because it can be performed
directly on clinical samples that may contain small numbers of bacteria. [PMID: 7532205]
Specimen types for this test include lung tissue and culture isolates.;