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Test Name REF LAB TOXOPLASMA GONDII?DNA QUALITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR
Orderable CPT -
OVT 12300096068
Synonyms -
Result Test Name TOXOPLASMA GONDII DNA QL REAL TIME PCR
Laboratory QUEST LAB
Result Test Code 12386004705
Laboratory Test Name QUEST TOXOPLASMA GONDII?DNA QUALITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR
Reportable Test Name -
Result LOINC 29904-0
Collection Container SST
Units -
Collection Requirements Preferred Specimen(s) 1 mL amniotic fluid or CSF collected in a sterile leak-proof container or 3 cubic mm tissue collected in a sterile leak-proof container Alternative Specimen(s) Serum Whole blood or plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) or ACD (yellow-top) tube Amniotic fluid supernatant collected in: Sterile leak-proof container 0.2 mL vitreous fluid collected in: Sterile leak-proof container Minimum Volume 3 cubic mm tissue 0.2 mL vitreous fluid 0.3 mL all other sample types Collection Instructions Raw vitreous fluid specimens: Do not dilute collected specimen with additional saline
Container Temp Refrigerated (3)
Container Volume 1.000
Test Info Toxoplasma gondii DNA Qualitative Real-Time PCR - Toxoplasma gondii an obligate intracellular parasite is an important opportunistic pathogen of immunosuppressed patients. In AIDS patients and transplant patients this infection may result in a life-threatening encephalitis. T. gondii can also cause a fatal infection of the fetus if an infection is acquired during pregnancy. Fetal death or major abnormalities such as blindness and mental retardation may occur when infection is acquired during the first trimester. PCR methods may be useful in identifying T. gondii in CSF of immunosuppressed patients or in the amniotic fluid of mothers thought to be recently infected.
Shipping Instructions Transport Container Transport tube Transport Temperature Refrigerated (cold packs) Specimen Stability Whole blood Room temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: Unacceptable All other samples Room temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days Reject Criteria Hemolyzed whole blood
Result Test Name SOURCE
Laboratory QUEST LAB
Result Test Code 12386023675
Laboratory Test Name QUEST TOXOPLASMA GONDII?DNA QUALITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR
Reportable Test Name -
Result LOINC 31208-2
Collection Container SST
Units -
Collection Requirements Preferred Specimen(s) 1 mL amniotic fluid or CSF collected in a sterile leak-proof container or 3 cubic mm tissue collected in a sterile leak-proof container Alternative Specimen(s) Serum Whole blood or plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) or ACD (yellow-top) tube Amniotic fluid supernatant collected in: Sterile leak-proof container 0.2 mL vitreous fluid collected in: Sterile leak-proof container Minimum Volume 3 cubic mm tissue 0.2 mL vitreous fluid 0.3 mL all other sample types Collection Instructions Raw vitreous fluid specimens: Do not dilute collected specimen with additional saline
Container Temp Refrigerated (3)
Container Volume 1.000
Test Info Toxoplasma gondii DNA Qualitative Real-Time PCR - Toxoplasma gondii an obligate intracellular parasite is an important opportunistic pathogen of immunosuppressed patients. In AIDS patients and transplant patients this infection may result in a life-threatening encephalitis. T. gondii can also cause a fatal infection of the fetus if an infection is acquired during pregnancy. Fetal death or major abnormalities such as blindness and mental retardation may occur when infection is acquired during the first trimester. PCR methods may be useful in identifying T. gondii in CSF of immunosuppressed patients or in the amniotic fluid of mothers thought to be recently infected.
Shipping Instructions Transport Container Transport tube Transport Temperature Refrigerated (cold packs) Specimen Stability Whole blood Room temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: Unacceptable All other samples Room temperature: 48 hours Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days Reject Criteria Hemolyzed whole blood