Candida sp identified in Saliva (oral fluid) by Organism specific culture   553-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code553-8
nameCandida sp identified in Saliva (oral fluid) by Organism specific culture
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentCandida sp
propertyPrid  =  Presence or identity:  Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemSaliva
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
methodOrganism specific culture

Additional Names

short nameCandida Sal Cult

Basic Attributes

classMICRO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.79
last change typeNAM  - change to Analyte/Component
change reasonRelease 2.79: COMPONENT: Triggered by the coll w SCT:The understanding is that the word "identified" refers to the property "PRID", its presence in the component is redundant to the property. Therefore it is better to remove "identified" from the component.;

Related Names

C&S
Cand
Candidiasis
Cult
Cultures
ID
Identity or presence
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
Microbiology
Monilia
Nominal
Oral fluid
Point in time
Random
Sal
Spec
species
spp
Thrush

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