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WBC In Feces
Test CodeCPT Codes
89055
Includes
Preferred Specimen
Fresh Fecal specimen
Minimum Volume
Instructions
Fresh fecal specimens provide the best results, but wet stools stored at room temperature for up to 24 hours are acceptable. Stools allowed to dry and aliquots taken from the center of the formed stools are unacceptable.
Transport Container
Sterile Specimen Container
Transport Temperature
Specimen Stability
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Methodology
Manual
Setup Schedule
Daily on Receipt
Report Available
Limitations
Reference Range
Occasional WBC during examination of entire specimen
Clinical Significance
Large amounts of fecal pus may be found with chronic ulcerative colitis, chronic bacillary dysentery, localized abscesses or fistulas communicating with the sigmoid colon, rectum, or anus. Microscopic examination of the stool for leukocytes may aid in early diagnosis of bacterial causes of diarrhea and aid in distinguishing bacteria from amebic or viral dysentery and thus identify patients for whom antibiotic therapy is not indicated.