LOINC display name : Yeast Gram stain Ql (Specimen);
LOINC long common name : Yeast [Presence] in Specimen by Gram stain;
LOINC short name : Yeast Spec Ql Gram Stn;
LOINC description : Yeast qualitation by gram stain. Yeast qualitation reported with microbiology culture
results and reported under gram stain. Presence of yeast on gram stain is indicative
of fungal infection caused by yeast. Morphologic features of yeast noted on gram stain
may assist in identification of the yeast species. Yeast appear as small, refractile
oval structures and may or may not be budding. Yeast cells are usually candida albicans
[1]. Sources: [1] Urinalysis and Body Fluids, Ed 4, SK Strasinger and M Schaub Di
Lorenzo, 2001.;
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