Respiratory Viruses & Bacteria

Eight: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Legionella, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. They sit alongside the full viral panel, so one swab answers the viral and the bacterial question together.

No. The coronaviruses here are the four seasonal ones (OC43, NL63, 229E and HKU1), which cause common colds rather than COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is tested separately through the COVID-19 PCR Test, and both swabs can be taken during the same home visit.

It gives your doctor the evidence to decide. A bacterial detection that matches your symptoms supports treatment and can guide the choice of drug; a purely viral result argues against a prescription that would not help. The prescribing decision itself always stays with your doctor.

It is a reasonable route, because both Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis are on the panel. Whooping cough in adults often looks like an ordinary cough that will not stop, with fits that end in a whoop or a retch. Detection matters for treatment and for protecting infants nearby.

It is the milder, slow-burning pneumonia caused mainly by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae: a dry cough, headache and deep tiredness in someone still on their feet. Both organisms are on this panel, and your doctor may choose a different antibiotic once one of them is named.

It can be, particularly for the viral targets, which antibiotics do not affect. Bacterial detection becomes less reliable once treatment has begun, since the amount of genetic material in the nose falls. Tell us when your first dose was so your doctor can weigh the result properly.

Some of these organisms, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae among them, live in healthy noses and throats without causing illness. A detection therefore has to be read with your symptoms and examination; carriage and infection are not the same thing, and your doctor separates them.

Cold & Flu Advanced covers the viruses only. This screen keeps every one of those and adds the eight respiratory bacteria, which makes it the choice when an infection is severe, when a cough has outlasted a typical viral illness, or when pneumonia or whooping cough is suspected.

AED 999, inclusive of the swab, free home collection anywhere in Dubai, multiplex PCR analysis across all three panels, physician review and your secure digital Smart Report within 48 hours. Nothing further is charged at the visit.

Yes, and none. Our phlebotomist comes to you seven days a week across Dubai and the swab takes moments; there is no fast and no medicine to hold. To book a lab visit instead, or an early morning slot, reach our team via contact.