Fungus Culture FUNC
| Method(s) | Culture |
|---|---|
| Specimen Required | |
| Collect | Fluid or material from any appropriate body site. Collection of hair, skin scraping, or nails should be placed in a sterile container. Wounds, abscesses, mucous membranes of the mouth or vagina: collect with an ESwab. Refer to specimen collection documents for more detail. |
| Transport | Fluid or material at 20-25ºC, Eswab ambient or refrigerated. |
| Remarks | Please indicate site of collection on container and requisition. |
| Stability | Fluid Ambient: 48 hours Refrigerated: 1 weeks Hair or Skin Ambient: 2 weeks Eswab Ambient: 72 hours Refrigerated: 1 week |
| Schedule | Daily |
| Billing Code | 3010073 |
| CPTCode | 87102 |
| Notes | Cultures are routinely held for 5 weeks. A bacterial culture, fungal culture, and AFB culture will always be performed on all bronchial specimens. |
| Preferred Specimen Collection Device(s) | |
| Reference Interval | |
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No fungus isolated. |
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