Laboratory Directory of Services

Bacillus anthracis

Blastomyces culture

Blood Parasite

Bordetella parapertussis

Bordetella pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Botulism Clostridium botulinum

Brucellosis Brucella species

Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)

Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melidosis)

C & S, Stool

Campylobacter species

Candida auris

Candida spp (other than C. auris)

Carbapenemase Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)

Chancroid—Haemophilus ducreyi

Chickenpox—Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)

Chikungunya

Chlamydia trachomatis - Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAAT)

Cholera—Vibrio cholera

Clostridium botulinum ​

Clostridium difficile (C. diff)

Clostridium perfringens (gas gangrene)

Clostridium tetani

Coccidioides

Colistin-resistant Gram Negative Bacteria

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

​Corynebacterium ulcerans

Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)

Coxsackie Virus

Cryptosporidium —CRYPTONET

Cryptosporidium species

Cryptosporidium, water

Cyclospora

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Culture

Dengue Virus

Diphtheria

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

Ebola Virus

Echovirus culture

Ehrlichia spp

Environmental microbiology testing

Enterobacteriaceae, Carbapenem-resistant (CRE)

Enterococcus species, Vancomycin Resistant Invasive Disease

Enterovirus 68 - 71

Escherichia coli - Carbapenem-resistant

Escherichia coli - Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase - producing (ESBL)

Escherichia coli - Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) 

Fecal coliform

Foodborne illness outbreak - contact CEDEP for guidance

Francisella tularensis

Fungus culture (Mycology)

Giardia, stool

Giardia, water—Contact Environmental Microbiology

Glanders - Burkholderia mallei

Gonorrhea (Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing-NAAT)

Gonorrhea culture - Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Haemophilus ducreyi

Haemophilus influenza

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Herpes Simplex Virus (culture)

Histoplama (culture)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)

Influenza virus, Novel or Pandemic Influenza A, H5 or H7 (human samples)

Influenza virus, PCR

Inorganic chemistry

Intestinal parasites

Klebsiella species, Carbapenem-resistant

LaCrosse encephalitis virus (California Group)

Legionella pneumophila, culture

Legionella, environmental sample

Legionnaires diseases—Legionella

Listeria species

Malaria slide (Plasmodium species)

Measles (Rubeola), PCR

Measles (Rubeola), Serology

Meliodosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)

 MERS-CoV

Mumps Virus, PCR

Mycobacterium,  cultures for identification (extra-pulmonary only)

Mycobacterium isolation

Mycobacterium leprae

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea), culture

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea), NAAT

Neisseria meningitidis,  grouping

Neisseria meningitidis, PCR

Newborn screening— Tennessee Newborn Screening Program Information Toolkit

Norovirus

Organic Chemistry—Environmental Laboratories

Orthopox

Ova and parasites—Parasites, Intestinal

Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)

Quantiferon Gold - Tuberculosis

Rabbit fever— Francisella tularensis

Rabies, animal

Rabies, human

Radiation surveillance

Radiochemistry

Rapid plasma regain (RPR)—Syphilis

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 

Respiratory Viral Panel

Rickettsia rickettsii - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rubella virus serology (IgM)

Rubeola virus serology (IgM)

Salmonella, isolation and serotyping

Shigella isolation and typing

Shingles—Varicella zoster

Sputum for Mycobacteria

St. Louis Encephalitis Virus serology

Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, culture

Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, PCR

Staphylococcus aureus, VRSA/VISA

Stool, C & S

Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease

Streptococcus pyogenes, invasive or toxin-producing

Streptococcus species

Syphilis serology

Total coliform

TP-PA (Treponema pallidum Particle Agglutination)—Syphilis Serology

Tuberculosis (TB)—Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tularemia—Francisella tularensis

Undulant fever—Brucella species

Varicella-zoster virus (Chickenpox) 

VDRL —Syphilis CSF

Vibrio cholera

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Marburg, Crimean-Congo, Lassa, Lujo, New World Arenaviruses)

Water bacteriology

Water chemistry

West Nile Virus Encephalitis Serology -Human

West Nile Virus-Birds and Mosquitos

Yersinia pestis

Yersinia species

Zika Virus​ - PCR