Test Overview
BacTec automated blood culture system
Isolate and identify organisms causing fungemia.
No fungi or aerobic actinomycete isolated.
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Test Details
Preliminary results on all cultures are reported in 12-24 hours. The health care provider will be notified of cultures positive with systemic pathogens. Negative cultures will be reported after 4 weeks.
- Culture, Bone Marrow, Fungus
- Bone Marrow Culture, Fungus
- Histoplasma, Fungus Culture
- Histoplasma, Fungus Culture, Bone Marrow
- Nocardia Culture, Bone Marrow
Specimen Requirements
Collect bone marrow in BD BacTec Myco/F Lytic Blood culture bottle or Green top Heparin tube available from MLabs. Do not refrigerate or incubate; store and transport at room temperature. For optimum recovery, send directly to the laboratory. Label bottle with patient's name, registration number, and culture number or anatomic site if more than one culture is drawn at one time. Indicate specimen source, collection date/time, current antibiotic or antifungal therapy, and clinical diagnosis. If an unacceptable specimen is received, the client will be notified before disposal of the original specimen.
Additional Information
Test includes culture. Isolation of Histoplasma is suboptimal from specimens older than 4 hours and is unlikely from specimens older than 8 hours.