LA County Department of Public Health - Public Health Laboratory

PHL Code	Test information	Reference Range	Specimen Requirements
0101	Acid-fast bacilli culture and smear	Smear: no acid-fast bacilli seenz Culture: No acid-fast bacilli isolated	Clinical specimen properly collected. Refrigerate.
0102	Acid-fast bacilli identification	By report	Pure culture
0103	Acid-fast bacilli, basic drug susceptibility panel by BACTEC	By report	Pure culture
0104	Acid-fast bacilli, rapid pyrazinamide (PZA) susceptibility panel by BACTEC	By report	Pure culture
0105	Acid-fast bacilli, custom drug susceptibility panel by BACTEC	By report	Pure culture or growth from BACTEC vials where resistance to drugs has been found in basic drug panel.
0106	Acid-fast bacilli, drug susceptibility panel by conventional methods	By report	Pure culture or growth from BACTEC vials where resistance to drugs has been found in basic drug panel.
0107	Acid-fast bacilli smear only, fluorochrome	No acid-fast bacilli seen	Clinical specimen properly collected. Refrigerate.
	Aerobic actinomycete - see test 0229
	Coccidioides - see test 0176
	DNA Fingerprinting of M. tuberculosis - see test 0164
0176	Fungal culture and identification, other than blood or skin	None isolated	Properly collected clinical specimen
0177	Fungal culture and identification, skin	None isolated	Properly collected clinical specimen
0178	Fungal culture and identification, blood	None isolated	Properly collected clinical specimen
0179	Fungal identification	By report	Pure culture
	Mycobacteria culture - see test 0101
0229	Nocardia culture	None isolated	Properly collected clinical specimen
0238	Pneumocystis carinii stain	None detected	Frsh bronchial washings, bronchoalveolar lavage or sputum, collect up to 20 mL in sterile 50 mL screw cap centrifuge tube. Transport on cold pack.
	TB culture - see test 0101