Instructions: 1mL body fluid (Fld, CSf, bone Marrow) or 1mL respiratory specimen (BAL,
bronchial washing, sputum) Refrigerate.
Text: Specimen must arrive within 7 days of collection; specimen >7 days will
be rejected. The high sensitivity of amplification by PCR requires the
specimen to be processed in an environment in which contamination of the
specimen by Histoplasma or Blastomyces species DNA is not likely.
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