Voriconazole, CSF : 94692

Test Code

VORCSF or 94692

CPT Codes
80285

Transport Container

Preferred Specimen
0.5 mL CSF collected in a sterile screw-cap vial

Minimum Volume: 0.2 mL

Transport Temperature

Room temperature.

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 5 days; Refrigerated: 5 days; Frozen: 30 days

Methodology
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Setup Schedule

Monday - Saturday

Report Available

1-2 days

Reference Range

By report.

Clinical Significance

The antifungal drug voriconazole is commonly used in the treatment of various types of fungal infections. An increased fungal resistance to similar drugs of greater toxicity has promoted the use of voriconazole in treating infections caused by aspergillus and other fungal species. The chronic nature of fungal infections demands constant monitoring of voriconazole levels within a patient to ensure that adequate therapeutic levels of the drug are administered, absorbed and subsequently excreted.

Performing Laboratory
med fusion

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