Specimen Requirements

Preferred:
Container/Tube: ESwab, Fluid, or tissue
Minimum Volume: Fluid: 1ml
Collection Instructions: Skin or nails for cutaneous mycoses – The affected site should be carefully washed with 70% isopropyl alcohol and, after drying, the lesion is scraped with a sterile scalpel and the material obtained is placed in a sterile contatiner. Hairs from infected areas are clipped or plucked and transported in a sterile container. Specimens for subcutaneous mycoses include pus, exudate from draining lesions, material aspirated with a syringe and needle from unopened abcesses or sinus tracts or biopsied tissue. Specimens should be brought to the Lab for processing as soon as possible. CSF, Blood, Sputum, Bronchial secretions, Gastric washings, Pus and Exudate from abcesses and draining sinuses, Bone marrow and Tissue are acceptable specimens for systemic mycoses.
Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: Sterile Container