Preliminary results are reported in 12-24 hours. The health care provider will be notified of positive cultures. Negative cultures are reported after 4 weeks.
Test Updated:
FNG
Bronchial Wash, Fungus Culture
Bronchoalveolar Lavage, Fungus Culture
Culture, Bronchus, Fungus
Bronchus Culture, Fungus
Induced Sputum, Fungus Culture
Leukens, Fungus Culture
Tracheal, Fungus Culture
FUNGUS CULTURE/SMEAR
Nocardia Culture, Bronchus
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Test Overview
Culture
Establish the presence of filamentous fungi, dimorphic pathogens and aerobic actinomycetes.
No fungi or aerobic actinomycete isolated.
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Specimen Requirements
Please contact the laboratory at 936-6877 for smear only or culture only requests. Use standard bronchoscopy procedure. Specimen types include bronchial aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage, tracheal aspirate, transtracheal aspirate, leukens, induced sputum. Indicate current antibiotic or antifungal therapy and clinical diagnosis. Do not incubate. For optimum recovery, send directly to the Microbiology Laboratory. If specimen must be stored, and histoplasma isolation is not desired, refrigerate immediately after specimen collection. May be refrigerated up to 24 hours. If hisoplasma isolation is desired keep specimen at room temperature and send within 4 hours of collection.
Collect specimen using standard bronchoscopy procedure. Acceptable specimen types include bronchial aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage, tracheal aspirate, transtracheal aspirate, leukens, and induced sputum. Do not incubate. For optimum recovery, send directly to MLabs. If specimen must be stored and Histoplasma isolation is not desired, refrigerate immediately after specimen collection. May be refrigerated up to 24 hrs. If Histoplasma isolation is desired, keep specimen at room temperature and send within 4 hrs of specimen collection. Specify 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.
