Test directory: Acanthamoeba/Naegleria Culture

Ordering Code 5694
Test Name Acanthamoeba/Naegleria Culture
Alias Free-Living Amoeba Culture
Preferred Specimen CSF, Tissue (Brain, Lung, Corneal biopsy material), Contact lens, Lens solution or Corneal scrapings
Preferred Container Sterile container
Optimum Volume Corneal Scraping: Entire Specimen
Tissue: 1 gm
CSF: 1 mL
Contact lens case: Entire lens case
Contact lens solution: Entire bottle of lens solution
Collection Instructions Corneal Scraping: Aseptically suspend corneal scraping in sterile saline
Tissue: Aseptically transfer tissue into sterile saline.
Transport Requirements Oahu: Ambient
Airline: Ambient
Specimen Stability Ambient: 7 Days
Rejection Criteria Specimens received dry, refrigerated or frozen; specimens in transport media; liver fluid; slides; swabs in bacterial or viral transport medium.
Avail. Stat NO
Analytic Time Up to 10 Days
Methodology Culture/Microscopic Identification
Reference Lab  Quest Diagnostics Infectious Disease

Reference range(s)

The reference ranges listed below are valid on this date of June 29, 2025.
Component Age Male Norm Male Critical Low Male Critical High Female Norm Female Critical High Female Critical Low Units Add'l info
Source ALL See report.
Result ALL See report.