Blastomyces Culture
TEST NAME | Blastomyces culture |
DISEASE/DISORDER | Blastomycosis |
ALTERNATE NAME(S) | Gilchrist disease, Chicago disease, North American blastomycosis |
METHODOLOGY | Morphology (microscopic and macroscopic), D2 LSU sangar sequencing |
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS | None |
ORDERING INFORMATION | TDH DLS Requisition: PH-4182 Clinical Submission Requisition Number |
Specimen Requirements
Patient Preparation |
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Specimen Collection |
- Collection of fluid from respiratory tract or a tissue biopsy - Culture isolate on Sabouraud's agar or appropriate media (i.e. potato dextrose agar, potato flake agar, inhibitory mold agar, brain heart infusion, brain heart infusion with sheeps blood, brain heart infusion with chloramphenicol, Brain Heart Infusion with gentamicin, Sabouraud Brain Heart infusion with chloramphenicol and gentamicin, SDA Emmons, SDA Emmons with cycloheximide and chloramphenicol) in screw capped tube. - Only pure cultures will be accepted. |
Specimen Labeling |
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Specimen Processing |
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Specimen Storage and Preservation |
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Specimen Transportation |
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Specimen Acceptability and Rejection |
- The specimen was broken or leaked in transit - No specimen was in the container submitted - Raw specimens that were over three (3) days past collection - Specimens submitted in a containers that do not meet DOT and IATA criteria for shipment of cultures - Specimens overgrown with organisms that cannot be separated from the submitted isolate - Unsatisfactory specimen types (i.e. Foley or urinary catheter tips, Lochia, Vomitus, Colostomy discharge materials, Stool specimens, Gastric contents or gastric washings) |
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