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| Hair, skin, nails sample collection |
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| storage at 4C or room temperature is acceptable |
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| sterile body fluids and urine samples |
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Definition
| stored at 4C for up to 12 hours ***Blood and CSF must be processed immediately*** |
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| vaginal secretions samples |
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Definition
| direct observation, clinical diagnosis; yeast infections (yum) |
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| respiratory secretions samples |
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Definition
| no rush, specimens may be refrigerated if necessary |
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| aseptic procedures, immediate transport to lab |
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| clears keratinized tissue so fungi can be visualized easier |
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Definition
| highlights hyaline capsule of cryptococcus neoformans |
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| Giemsa and Wright's stains |
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Definition
| detect Histoplasma capsulatum in bone marrow or blood |
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| Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) and Gomori's Methenamine Silver (GMS) stains |
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Definition
| best for demonstrating fungi in TISSUE |
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| not a routine procedure, but can visualize Candida and Cryptococcus |
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| need media w/ Carbon (glu) and Nitrogen; growth at 30C; for most cultures must wait 4 weeks to be negative |
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| Culturing of oral thrush or vaginitis yeast infections |
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Definition
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| culturing dimorphic fungi |
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Definition
| must wait up to 8 weeks for neg result |
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| inhibitory mold agar (IMA) |
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Definition
| enriched medium w/ gentamicin or chloramphenicol that supports growth of almost all fungi; inhibits bacteria |
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| Brain-heart infusion agar w/ 5% blood |
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Definition
| supports the growth of dimorphic fungi |
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Definition
| cryptococcal and histoplasma antigen tests only |
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| all members of aspergillus |
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