Body Fluid, Fungal Smear and Culture

Synonyms

• AMNIOTIC
• ASCITES
• CALCOFLUOR
• CANDIDA
• CULTURE - FUNGAL, BODY FLUID
• CX & STAIN FUNGAL
• FUNGI
• FUNGUS
• KOH
• LAB3069
• MOLD
• MOULD
• PERICARDIAL
• PERITONEAL
• PLEURAL
• YEAST

Cerner Name

Fungus Body Fluid

Clinical Info

This test is for the culture of pathogenic fungi from sterile body fluid specimens. If
candida species are recovered antifungal susceptibility testing will
automatically be performed. Antifungal susceptibility testing for all other
organisms will be done by request only. Fungal cultures are incubated for four
weeks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fungal culture of cerebrospinal fluid should be ordered as CSF Fungal Culture.

Specimen Sources

Abdomen/Peritoneum Abscess Adrenal, Left Adrenal, Right Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Anus Autopsy Autopsy Brain Only Autopsy Pediatric Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Bile Bile Duct Bone Breast, Left Breast, Right Bronchoalveolar, Left Bronchoalveolar, Right Colon Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Endometrium Eye, Left Eye, Right Fallopian Tube, Left Fallopian Tube, Right Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Frontal sinus Gallbladder Gastric Hand, Left Hand, Right Hip, Left Hip, Right Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Joint Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Misc Nasopharynx Nipple, Left Nipple, Right Nose Oropharynx/Throat Ovarian Cyst Ovary, Left Ovary, Right Pancreas Pancreatic Duct Pelvic Pelvis Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Procurement Procurement Prostate Retroperitoneum Salivary Gland, Left Salivary Gland, Right Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Soft Tissue Spleen Toe, Left Toe, Right Vertebra Vitreous Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Abscess Aspirate Body Fluid

Specimen Volume

Minimum volume:0.5mL

Container

Sterile container

Collection Instructions

1.Disinfect overlying skin with 2% iodine tincture.
2. Aspirate body fluid using a sterile needle and syringe or via surgery. Do
not send syringe with needle attached.
3. Place body fluid in a screw-capped, sterile container. If arriving in a
syringe, needle must be removed prior to transportation.
4. Label container/syringe with patient’s name (first and last), date and
actual time of collection, and type of specimen.
5. Incubate specimen if possible.
6. Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature.
Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.*Physician Info:Contact
Laboratory if Dimorphic Fungi such as Blastomyces, Histoplasma, Paracoccidiodes,
Sporothrix, or Coccidiodes are suspected.

Transport Instructions

Transport room
temperature

Specimen Stability

Sample is stable for 3 days at room temperature

Methodology

Culture

Days Performed

7 days/week

Performing Laboratories

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

87102

PDM

6201262

Results

Result Interpretation

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