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Test Code LAB4512 CULTURE, BLOOD, FUNGUS

Important Note

When this test is ordered, reflex testing may be performed at an additional charge.

Infectious

Specimen Type

Green top (sodium or lithium heparin), Whole blood 

Collection Instructions

Send whole blood specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot.

Specimen Volume

4.0 mL adult tube

3.0 ml pediatric tube

Minimum Volume

3.0 ml adult tube

1.0 ml pediatric tube

Larger Volume is preferred

 

Turnaround Time

report available in 42 to 45 days

Test Schedule

Daily

Sample Stability

Room Temp: 7 days (prefered)

Refrigerated: 7 days

Method

Conventional Broth Culture/Macroscopic/Microscopic/D2 rDNA Gene Sequencing/Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)/Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)

Dimorphic Pathogen Identification Confirmation: D2 rDNA Gene Sequencing/PCR/MALDI-TOF MS

Reference Ranges

Blood Fungus: Negative
Blood Fungus: Positive

Synonyms

Fungus Blood Culture; Blood Culture, Fungus, Blood Fungus, 4512, LAB4512

Test Components

Culture, Blood, Fungus

CPT Codes

87103

87106-Id MALDI-TOF Mass Spec Yeast (if appropriate)

87107-Id MALDI-TOF Mass Spec Fungi (if appropriate)

87107-Fungal identification panel A (if appropriate)

87107-Fungal identification panel B (if appropriate)

87150-Identification rapid PCR coccidioides (if appropriate)

87150 x 2- Identification Histoplasma/Blastomyces, PCR (if appropriate)

87153-D2 fungal sequencing identification (if appropriate)

87150- Id, Candida auris Rapid PCR (if appropriate)

Notes

Blood is inoculated into a MycoF Lytic culture bottle (Becton Dickinson) bottle and continuously monitored on a blood culture instrument. Identification of fungi is based on colonial and microscopic morphology, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, laboratory-developed real-time polymerase chain reaction assays and/or D2 rDNA gene sequencing, as applicable.

Specimen Rejection

Blood culture bottles (eg, BACTEC MycoF Lytic)
Isolator
Clotted

Samples not collected aseptically