About this Test
Identification of a wide variety of fungal pathogens by culture.
Specimen
One or more of the following:
Measurement of gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) by automated analyzer.
0.5 mL serum or lithium heparin plasma
Macroscopic evaluation of fresh or fixed specimens for lesions by a pathologist prior to histopathology processing.
Fresh tissue in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF)
Microscopic examination of Wright’s Giemsa stained blood smear for infectious agents only.
0.5 mL EDTA whole blood or air-dried slide
Histologic evaluation of antemortem, formalin fixed tissue.
Specimen in 10% neutral buffered formalin (NBF)
Histologic evaluation of postmortem tissues.
Histologic evaluation of postmortem tissues. The price listed ($73.50) is for up to 8 tissues; 9-15 tissues is $90.75; greater that 15 tissues is $105.00.
Review of previously read histopathology slides.
Paraffin embedded blocks or H&E slides previously prepared at TVMDL.
Measurement of ionized calcium, the biologically active form.
0.5 mL fasting serum