570-2

Fungus identified in Body fluid by Culture

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LP14398-9   Fungus
A fungus (plural fungi) is a eukaryotic organism that digests its food externally and absorbs the nutrient molecules into its cells. Along with bacteria, fungi are the primary decomposers of dead organic matter in most terrestrial ecosystems. Fungi have important symbiotic relationships with many other organisms. Over 90% of all plants engage in some kind of mycorrhizal relationship with fungi and are dependent upon this relationship for survival. Fungi are also used extensively by humans: yeasts are responsible for fermentation of beer and bread, and mushroom farming and gathering is a large industry in many countries. The branch of biology involving the study of fungi is known as mycology. 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 , Fungus (Wikipedia)

LP6209-3   Culture
A culture is a laboratory procedure where a sample of tissue or fluid from a patient is placed in or on growth media (agar, broth) to induce the proliferation of potentially infectious agents (bacteria, fungi, viruses). The presence of growth is documented and the organisms are identified to determine whether or not a pathogen is present.
Once a pathogen is identified, specific testing techniques can be used to determine drug susceptibilities for assistance in treatment. [https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-microbiology/chapter/culturing-bacteria/] Source: Regenstrief LOINC

LP7238-1   Body fld
The LOINC "Body fld" System represents body fluids other than serum, plasma, blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid. When a LOINC term with the System "Body fld" is used, the specific specimen source or body fluid type should be reported elsewhere with the result. Where more specific terms for pleural, peritoneal, synovial fluid, etc. exist, we encourage you to use the more specific terms. In contrast to "Body fld", the System "Asp" in LOINC represents the fluid withdrawn during an aspiration procedure from an abnormal collection of fluid, such as from an abscess or cyst. "Asp" is used for abnormal fluid collections that are aspirated, while "Body fld" is used for named body fluids, such as synovial fluid or peritoneal fluid, that are not inherently pathologic. Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Fungus

Property

Prid

Time

Pt

System

Body fld

Scale

Nom

Method

Culture

Additional Names

Long Common Name

Fungus identified in Body fluid by Culture

Short Name

Fungus Fld Cult

Display Name

Fungus identified Cx Nom (Body fld)

Consumer Name Alpha Get Info

Fungal culture, Body fluid

Basic Attributes

Class

MICRO

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 1.0

Last Updated

Version 2.78 (NAM)

Change Reason

Release 2.78: COMPONENT: Removed "Identified" from the component because it is implied by the Property "Prid";

Order vs. Observation

Both

Common Test Rank Get Info

9780

Language Variants Get Info

Related Names

• B/F
• BF
• bod
• Bodies
• Body fluid
• Body fluid, unsp
• C&S
• Cult
• Cultures
• Fl
• Fld
• FLU
• Fluid
• Fung
• Fungal
• Fungi
• ID
• Identity or presence
• Infectious Disease
• InfectiousDisease
• Microbiology
• Nominal
• Point in time
• Random

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