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Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: CSF Tube. If not specified by physician, Use Tube #3, Use aseptic technique
Minimum Volume: 1 mL CSF
Collection Instructions: Collected by lumbar puncture, performed by physician only, send tube #3 for culture.
Specimen Stability
Ambient: Run test As Soon As Possible
Refrigerate: 2 Weeks
Reference Range
No growth at 72 Hours
Methodology
manual
CPT
87071
Test Alias
Culture Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture
CSF Culture
C CSF