Medical Necessity Documentation:
When this test is ordered, reflex testing may be performed at an additional charge
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
4.0 mL Whole Blood in a Green Top Tube - Li Heparin
Collection Instructions:
Send whole blood specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot.
Minimum Volume:
3.0 mL Whole Blood (Pediatric Requirement)
Neonatal Volume:
1.0 mL Whole Blood
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
7 days Ambient (Preferred)
7 days Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria:
Blood culture bottles (eg, BACTEC MycoF Lytic)
Reference Range:
Negative
Critical Ranges:
If positive, notification is made as soon as the positive culture is detected or identified
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Conventional broth culture, DNA sequencing, rtPCR, MALDI-TOF MS
Clinical Significance:
Diagnosis and treatment of the etiologic agents of fungemia
Due to the high mortality rate from fungemia, the expeditious detection and identification of fungi from the patient's blood can have great diagnostic prognostic importance. Risk factors for fungemia include, but are not limited to, extremes of age, immunosuppression, and those individuals with burns or indwelling intravascular devices.
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
42 to 45 days
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Mayo Laboratory
PHL Test Code:
CXBF2
EPIC Test Code:
LAB242
Send Out Test Code:
FBL
Alternate Test Names:
Fungus Culture; Mold Culture; Mycology Culture; Yeast Culture
Included Tests:
Fungal Cluture Blood conentraon for infectious agents:; Reflexing: Fungal Sequencing Identification; Fungal Ident Panel A; Fungal Ident Panel B; Ident Rapid PCR Coccidioides; Id, Histoplasma/Blastomyces PCR; Id MALDI-TOF Mass Spec Fungi; Id MALDI-TOF Mass Spec Yeast; Id, Candida auris Rapid PCR
CPT Coding:
87103 Reflex 87106, 87107 x 3, 87150 x 4, 87153