Laboratory Services

Culture, Yeast Screen

Name: Incyte Diagnostics
Address: 13103 E Mansfield Ave, Spokane Valley, Washington, 99216, USA
Telephone: +1-

Test Description	Culture, Yeast Screen
Synonym(s)	Yeast Culture, Fungal Culture, Candida Culture, Thrush, Yeast Infection, Screening Culture
Test ID	CULTYST
Performing Lab	Labcorp
General Information	Identify yeast from clinical specimen
Specimen Type	Clinical Material
Specimen Requirements	2 mL or 1 cm³ tissue, 10 mL blood, whole nails, 50 mL body fluid (5 mL CSF), 5 mL aspirates or sputum; skin scrapings may be submitted on Mycosel® medium (not supplied by LabCorp) Sterile screw-capped container for fluid or tissue or green-top (sodium heparin) tube, blood culture bottle, bacterial swab transport, ESwab®, Para-Pak® White for stool
Alternate Specimen Type	Vaginal, Genital, Rectal, Groin, Urine, Mouth, Oral, Tongue
Additional Processing Details	For other specimen sources see Fungal culture.
Stability	room temperature - 3 days
Unacceptable Specimen Conditions	Unacceptable specimen transport device (including Incyte Swab, specimen in formalin, expired), improper labeling, prolonged delay in transport (greater than 24 hours)
Methodology	Stain/Culture
Estimated TAT	1-2 days. Positive culture reported as soon as detected.
Testing Schedule	Monday-Saturday
CPT Code(s)	87205 87081
Reference Range	Culture negative for yeast
Reflex Conditions	None
LOINC Code(s)	18482-0
Additional Information	Organism identification is billed separately from the culture.