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Accreditations

Specimen Collection

Additional Information

Specimen Collection and Transportation from Billings Clinic Main Campus

Specimen Collection and Transportation from Regional and Reference Clients

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code 00003 Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Candida species

Infectious

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory: Microbiology

Useful For

Susceptibility testing is done on Candida species in cultures from sterile sites.

Methodology

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)/Antifungal Fluconazole, Caspofungin and Voriconazole

Specimen Requirements

  • Send infecting yeast. Yeast should be in pure culture, actively growing, placed in a proper mailing container, and labeled as an etiologic agent.
  • Appropriate antimicrobials will be tested.
  • Organism suspected and specimen source are required on request form for processing.

Reject Due To

  • Agar plate is not acceptable.

Reference Values

Susceptible:  ≤8 µg/mL

Intermediate:  16-32 µg/mL

Resistant:  ≥64 µg/mL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87186 - Susceptibility studies, antimicrobial agent; microdilution or agar dilution (minimum inhibitory concemtration [MIC] or breakpoint), each multi-antimicrobial, per plate