FUNGAL CULTURE & STAIN-OTHER
Name: FUNGAL CULTURE & STAIN-OTHER
Mnemonic: FUNOTH
Container: Sterile Container or Culturette
Handling: Specimen:
Submit swab of lesion site in a culturette wet sponge. Submit other sources in leakproof containers.
Component: FUNGAL SMEAR
FUNGAL CULTURE OTHER
Methodology: Standard culture procedures
Required Information: Source of specimen
Reported: Preliminary on stain 1 day; Culture preliminary at 3-7 days, weekly with final in 28 days.
CPT: 8,710,287,205
Department: Microbiology
Note: Additional charges may vary based on identification of isolates.