87709-2

Virus identified in Lower respiratory specimen by Culture

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LP14855-8 Virus
A virus is an infectious agent that invades cells and hijacks the enzymes and materials of the host cells in order to replicate. Viruses are smaller than bacteria and are comprised of RNA or DNA within a protein coat called a capsid. Since they cannot survive or multiply outside a living cell, they are not considered alive. Viruses cause many different diseases in animals and plants including influenza, AIDS, measles, chicken pox, Zika and other illnesses. Some viruses can cause chronic infections, such as hepatitis B. [NCBI Books: NBK20370] Source: Regenstrief LOINC

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

Fully-Specified Name

Component: Virus
Property: Prid
Time: Pt
System: Respiratory system specimen.lower
Scale: Nom
Method: Culture

Additional Names

Long Common Name: Virus identified in Lower respiratory specimen by Culture
Short Name: Virus Lower resp Cult
Display Name: Virus identified Cx Nom (Lower resp)
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info: Viral culture, Lower respiratory

Example Answer List: LL2273-2

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Answer	Code	Score	Answer ID
Parainfluenza virus 1			LA19236-1
Parainfluenza virus 2			LA19237-9
Parainfluenza virus 3			LA19238-7
Respiratory syncytial virus			LA19239-5
Metapneumovirus			LA19240-3
NoneCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:260413007 None (qualifier value)			LA137-2

Basic Attributes

Class: MICRO
Type: Laboratory
First Released: Version 2.63
Last Updated: Version 2.79 (NAM)
Change Reason: Release 2.79: COMPONENT: Triggered by the coll w SCT:The understanding is that the word "identified" refers to the property "PRID", its presence in the component is redundant to the property. Therefore it is better to remove "identified" from the component.; Release 2.77: SYSTEM: Updated to standardize the representation of "Respiratory system specimen" in the System subhierarchy across LOINC;
Order vs. Observation: Both

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group	Group Name
LG33983-4	Virus\|Prid\|Sys:ANYResp

Language Variants Get Info

Tag	Language	Translation
el-GR	Greek (Greece)	Ιός:Prid:Pt:Δείγμα αναπνευστικού συστήματος.κατώτερο:Nom:Καλλιέργεια Synonyms: Prid Ιός
es-MX	Spanish (Mexico)	Virus identificado:Presencia o identidad:Punto temporal:Muestra de vías respiratorias inferiores:Nominal:Cultura
es-ES	Spanish (Spain)	Virus:Presencia o identidad:Punto temporal:Muestra de vías respiratorias inferiores:Nom:Cultivo Synonyms: Muestra del tracto respiratorio Muestra respiratoria Tracto respiratorio
fr-FR	French (France)	Virus identifiés:Identification:Ponctuel:Échantillon du système respiratoire inférieur:Résultat nominal:Culture
it-IT	Italian (Italy)	Virus:Prid:Pt:Campione da Sistema Respiratorio.inferiore:Nom:Coltura Synonyms: Campione da Apparato Respiratorio Campione da apparato respiratorio inferiore Microbiologia Presenza o Identità Punto nel tempo (episodio)
nl-NL	Dutch (Netherlands)	virus:identificator:moment:onderste luchtwegen:nominaal:kweek Synonyms: onderste ademhalingsstelsel; systema respiratorium inferior systema respiratorium; ademhalingsstelsel
zh-CN	Chinese (China)	病毒:存在与否或特征标识:时间点:呼吸系统标本.下:名义型:培养 Synonyms: 下下的下部传染毒;传染毒素;滤过性病原体;病毒类;过滤性病原体低级低级的供检查用的材料;待检物;待试验物;样品;样本;试料;试样分类型应答;分类型结果;名义性;名称型;名词型;名词性;标称性;没有自然次序的名义型或分类型应答受检物呼吸系统（呼吸道）标本.下;下呼吸系统标本;下呼吸道标本呼吸道标本（样品、样本）;呼吸系统标本（样品、样本）培养方法存在;存在与否;特征标识;身份;身份标识微生物学;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;瞬间样品样本试样较低较低的

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