Search our Test Catalog. Specify what to search (name, test code, titles, everywhere) and how to search (begins with, contains)

Unit Code 80401:
Acanthamoeba/Naegleria species, Corneal Scrapings or Spinal Fluid

Print Friendly View
Print Page Email Page

Specimen Required

The preferred specimens for Acanthamoeba culture

are corneal scraping and biopsy. Swabs are suboptimal

and may result in a falsely negative result. 

 

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

 

Central Nervous System Tissue, Contact Lens, Corneal

Scrapings, or Corneal Tissue

Place lens, scrapings, or tissue in 1 mL of sterile saline or minimal

essential medium.

Note:    1.    Specimen source is required on request form for

                      processing.

                  2. If ordering electronically, no form is required with the

                      specimen. If not ordering electronically, please complete

                      and submit a "Microbiology Request Form" (Supply T244)

                      with the specimen.

                   

Contact Lens Solution

Submit at least 1 mL of contact lens solution in a screw-capped,

sterile container. Maintain sterility and forward promptly.

Note:    1.    Specimen source is required on request form for

                      processing.

                  2. If ordering electronically, no form is required with the

                      specimen. If not ordering electronically, please complete

                      and submit a "Microbiology Request Form" (Supply T244)

                      with the specimen.

                   

Spinal Fluid

1 mL of spinal fluid.

Note:    1.    Specimen source is required on request form for

                      processing.

                  2. If ordering electronically, no form is required with the

                      specimen. If not ordering electronically, please complete

                      and submit a "Microbiology Request Form" (Supply T244)

                      with the specimen.

Transport Temperature

Ambient\Refrig NO\Frozen NO

Reject Due To

Specimens Other Than:                 CSF, corneal scrapings and tissue,

                                                                contact lens/solution, CNS tiss

Anticoagulants Other Than:           NA

Hemolysis:                                          NA

Thawing:                                             

Lipemia:                                               NA

Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed

Monday through Sunday; Continuously

Key