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Itraconazole : 94092
Test CodeITRAC or 94092
CPT Codes
80189
Transport Container
Preferred Specimen
2 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)
Minimum Volume: 1 mL
2 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)
Minimum Volume: 1 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated.
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 72 hours; Refrigerated: 14 days; Frozen: 30 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Serum Separator tubes (SST), Other body fluids.
Methodology
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Setup Schedule
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Report Available
1-4 days
Reference Range
By report.
Clinical Significance
The antifungal drug itraconazole is active in the treatment of aspergillosis, blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, sporotrichosis, and onychomycosis. It is a protein-bound drug and thus has negligible CSFpenetration. It may also be utilized in the treatment of systemic candidiasis and cryptococcosis, especially when other drugs are contraindicated or ineffective. The chronic nature of fungal infections demands constant monitoring of itraconazole levels within a patient to ensure that adequate therapeutic levels of the drug are administered, absorbed and subsequently excreted.
Performing Laboratory
med fusion
