Fungal Culture

What is the FUNGAL CULTURE?

Fungal Culture includes Fungal culture and identification. The listed sample is Tissue or Hair or Nail or Biopsy or scrapping or Body Fluids or CSF or Semen or Gastric Lavage or Pleural Fluid or Synovial Fluid or Ascitic Fluid or pericardial fluid or Tissues or Lymph nodes or Sputum or BAL or Nasal scraping or Corneal or Pus or Abscess or Aspirates or cold abscess or FNAC or swabs or Wound swab or Pus Swab or vaginal swab or throat swab or Rectal Swabs or Ear specimen or ear swab or urethral discharge or ocular specimen or Urine. The parameter table provides the available units and method details. Discuss the measurements with your clinician in the context of the investigations requested.

What does the Fungal Culture measure?

1 parameter. Expand a group to see the measurements, units and available method details.

The reference interval printed on your actual laboratory report governs interpretation. Intervals can vary by laboratory, method, age, sex and pregnancy. Methods can also vary by processing laboratory.

FUNGAL CULTURE: sample & preparation

Sample: Urine or swab. Fasting: Not required.

• The clinician should collect the specimen (tissue, hair, nail, biopsy, fluid, swab or aspirate as clinically indicated) into a sterile container before starting antifungal treatment, and send it to the laboratory without delay.

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