30324-8

Cryptococcus sp Ag [Presence] in Serum by Latex agglutination

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Part Descriptions

LP17114-7   Cryptococcus sp
A mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium. Teleomorphs include Filobasidiella and Fidobasidium. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

LP17114-7   Cryptococcus sp
There are about 37 recognized species of Cryptococcus. The majority of species live in the soil and are not harmful to humans. Very common species include Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus albidus. Of all species, Cryptococcus neoformans is the major human and animal pathogen. However, Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus albidus have been known to occasionally cause moderate-to-severe disease in human patients with compromised immunity. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Cryptococcus sp Ag

Property

PrThr

Time

Pt

System

Ser

Scale

Ord

Method

LA

Additional Names

Short Name

Cryptoc Ag Ser Ql LA

Display Name

Cryptococcus sp Ag LA Ql (S)

Consumer Name Alpha Get Info

Cryptococcus sp antigen, Blood

Example Answer List: LL360-9

Basic Attributes

Class

MICRO

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 2.04

Last Updated

Version 2.73

Change Reason

The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Order vs. Observation

Both

Common Test Rank Get Info

2097

Language Variants Get Info

Related Names

• Antigen
• Antigens
• Crypt
• Crypto
• Cryptococcal
• Cryptococcosis
• Cryptococcosus
• ID
• Infectious Disease
• InfectiousDisease
• LAT
• Latex agglutination
• Microbiology
• Ordinal
• Point in time
• PR
• QL
• Qual
• Qualitative
• Random
• Screen
• Serum
• species
• spp
• SR

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