Part Description

LP16817-6   Colony count
Enumeration by direct count of viable, isolated bacterial, archaeal, or fungal CELLS or SPORES capable of growth on solid CULTURE MEDIA. The method is used routinely by environmental microbiologists for quantifying organisms in AIR; FOOD; and WATER; by clinicians for measuring patients' microbial load; and in antimicrobial drug testing.
[MeSH 2015: D015169] Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2015, MeSH 2015: D015169

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Colony count:Num:Pt:Sputum:Ord:VC
Long Common Name
Colony count [#] in Sputum Qualitative by Visual count
Short Name
CC Spt Ql VC
Display Name
Colony count Visual count Ql (Sput)
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Colony count, Sputum

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Colony count
    LP16817-6
    • Analyte
      Colony count
      LP16817-6
      • Component Numerator
        Colony count
        LP16817-6
        • Component Numerator Core
          Colony count
          LP16817-6
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Num
    LP6841-3
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    Sputum
    LP7600-2
    • System Core
      Sputum
      LP7600-2
    • Super System
      NULL
       
  • Scale
    Ord
    LP7751-3
  • Method
    VC
    LP6743-1

Basic Attributes

Class
MICRO
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.83
Last Updated
Version 2.83 (ADD)
Order vs. Observation
Both

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC GroupGroup Name
LG51756-1Colony count|Num|Sys:ANYResp

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
el-GRGreek (Greece)Αριθμός αποικιών:Αρ.:Pt:Πτύελα:Ord:VC
Synonyms: MICRO Ord Pt VC Αρ. Αριθμός αποικιών Πτύελα
es-ESSpanish (Spain)Recuento de colonias:Número (recuento):Punto temporal:Esputo:Ord:Recuento visual
et-EEEstonian (Estonia)Kolooniate arv:Num:Pt:Sp:Ord:VC
Synonyms: Järgarvuline Juhuslik Number Röga Visuaalne loendus
fr-CAFrench (Canada)Numération sur plaque:Nombre:Temps ponctuel:Expectorations:Ordinal:Décompte visuel
fr-BEFrench (Belgium)Numération sur plaque:Nombre:Temps ponctuel:Expectorations:Ordinal:Décompte visuel
Synonyms: Comptage colonies sur plaque
fr-FRFrench (France)Nombre de colonies:Nombre:Ponctuel:Crachat:Qualitatif:Comptage visuel
it-ITItalian (Italy)Colonia, conta:Num:Pt:Espettorato:Ord:Conta visiva
Synonyms: Conta di colonia Conta visiva Microbiologia Numero (conta) Punto nel tempo (episodio)
nl-NLDutch (Netherlands)kolonie aantal:aantal:moment:sputum:ordinaal:visuele telling
Synonyms: VT
tr-TRTurkish (Turkey)Koloni sayısı:Say:Zmlı:Balgam:Srl:GörsSay
zh-CNChinese (China)菌落计数:数量(计数):时间点:痰液:序数型:肉眼计数
Synonyms: 下呼吸道;痰 个数;数量;数量或计数(非负整数);计数 依次型;分类顺序型;定性的;序数型(或称等级型);性质上的;有序型;有序性分类应答;有序性分类结果;秩次型;等级型;筛查;顺序型 微生物学;微生物学试验;微生物学试验(培养、DNA、抗原及抗体) 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 目视计数 群体 集落

Example Units

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