II. Preparations: Culture Mediums for CSF
- Sheep blood agar (5%) or Chocolate agar
- Standard CSF Bacterial culture
- Viral culture
- Enterovirus Test Sensitivity: 40-80%
- HSV Test Sensitivity: 80-90% (in 5-7 days)
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Fungal Culture
- Cryptococcus Test Sensitivity: 95%
- Candida Test Sensitivity: 66%
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Tuberculosis Cultures
- Requires large CSF volume (15-50 cc/culture)
- Test Sensitivity for one culture: 56%
- Test Sensitivity for four cultures: 83%
III. References
- Kooiker in Roberts (1998) Procedures in ER, p. 1067-75
- Ravel (1995) Lab Medicine, Mosby, p. 294-9
- Tunkel in Mandell (2000) Infectious Disease, p. 974-8
- Seehusen (2003) Am Fam Physician 68:1103-8 [PubMed]
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| Concepts | Laboratory Procedure (T059) |
| SnomedCT | 275855006, 168366008, 145560005, 252399001 |
| Italian | Coltura del liquido cerebrospinale |
| English | CSF for culture (context-dependent category), Cerebrospinal fluid for culture (situation), Cerebrospinal fluid for culture, cerebrospinal fluid culture, cerebrospinal fluid culture (lab test), CSF culture, Spinal fluid culture, csf culture, CSF Culture, Cerebrospinal fluid culture, CSF for culture, Cerebrospinal fluid culture (procedure) |
| Spanish | líquido cefalorraquídeo para cultivo (situación), LCR para cultivo, líquido cefalorraquídeo para cultivo, Cultivo de líquido cefalorraquídeo, líquido cefalorraquídeo para cultivo (categoría dependiente del contexto), cultivo de LCR, cultivo de líquido cefalorraquídeo (procedimiento), cultivo de líquido cefalorraquídeo, Cultivo de LCR |
| Dutch | ruggenmergvocht kweek, cerebrospinaal vocht kweek |
| French | Culture du liquide céphalo-rachidien, Culture du LCR |
| Japanese | ＣＳＦ培養, 髄液培養, ｽﾞｲｴｷﾊﾞｲﾖｳ, CSFﾊﾞｲﾖｳ |
| Czech | Kultivace ze spinálního moku, Kultivace mozkomíšního moku |
| Hungarian | Liquor tenyészet, Gerinc folyadék tenyészet |
| Portuguese | Cultura de LCR |
| German | Liquorkultur |
