Laboratory Testing for Salmonella

What to know

  • CDC offers confirmatory identification, serotyping, and subtyping of Salmonella recovered from normally sterile sites.
  • CDC accepts specimens for analysis only from state public health laboratories and other federal agencies.
  • Private healthcare providers and institutions must submit specimens to their state public health laboratory for processing.
Salmonella growing on a petri dish being held by a gloved hand in a lab.

Laboratory Guidelines

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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)