05 Jun

FILARIA ANTIBODY

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

INFECTIOUS.

Synonyms/Aliases

N/A

Abbreviations

N/A

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

5 DAYS

5 WORKING DAYS

Method

IMMUNOASSAY.

Temp

AMBIENT (7 DAYS), REFRIGERATED (14 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2 ML.

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

NEGATIVE.

Clinical Utility

EVALUATION OF LYMPHEDEMA. DIAGNOSE EXPOSURE TO LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS/ ELEPHANTIASIS/ WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI INFECTION/ BRUGIA MALAYI INFECTION. ALSO CONSIDER EXAMINING PERIPHERAL BLOOD (COLLECTED AT MIDNIGHT FOR SUSPECTED W. BACROFTI & B. MALAYI) FOR MICROFILARIAE AS WELL AS FILARIA ANTIGEN TESTING.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

DOES NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PAST & CURRENT ACTIVE INFECTION. FALSE POSITIVES CAN OCCUR FROM CROSS-REACTING ANTIBODIES TO OTHER HELMINTHS/ NEMATODES E.G. STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS. FALSE NEGATIVES CAN OCCUR.
05 Jun

EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGEN (ENA) PANEL, IMMUNOBLOT

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

AUTOIMMUNE.

Synonyms/Aliases

ANTI-ENA.

Abbreviations

ENA

Type

PROFILE/ PANEL (BUNDLED TESTS).

7 DAYS

WITHIN 7 WORKING DAYS

Method

IMMUNOBLOT.

Temp

AMBIENT (48 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (7-14 DAYS), FROZEN 21 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

ANTI-SS-A (ANTI-Ro), ANTI-SS-B (ANTI-La), ANTI-SCL-70, ANTI-SM, ANTI-RNP, ANTI-JO-1.

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2 ML.

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

NEGATIVE FOR EACH AUTO-ANTIBODY.

Clinical Utility

DIAGNOSE SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC DISEASES E.G. SLE, MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE (MCTD), SCLERODERMA, SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME, POLYMYOSITIS ETC. CAN BE DONE AS A FOLLOW-UP TEST FOR A POSITIVE ANA RESULT.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

N/A.
05 Jun

EPSTEIN BARR NUCLEAR ANTIGEN (EBNA), IgG

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

INFECTIOUS

Synonyms/Aliases

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) ANTIBODY TO NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; EBV NUCLEAR ANTIBODY; EBV NUCLEAR ANTIGEN ANTIBODIES.

Abbreviations

EBV-NA, EBNA Ab

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

10 DAYS

10 WORKING DAYS

Method

IMMUNOASSAY.

Temp

AMBIENT (4 DAYS), REFRIGERATED (7 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY. RESULTS ARE BEST INTERPRETED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER EBV SEROLOGY TESTS (EBV VCA IgM AND IgG) THEREFORE ORDERING AS A PROFILE IS RECOMMENDED.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2-3 ML.

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

NEGATIVE.

Clinical Utility

DIAGNOSIS OF EBV INFECTION (INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS). TYPICALLY APPEARS DURING CONVALESCENCE PHASE I.E. 3-4 MONTHS AFTER SYMPTOMATIC DISEASE.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

SOME PEOPLE NEVER DEVELOP EBNA. FALSE POSITIVE RESULTS CAN OCCUR. RESULTS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CLINICAL CONTEXT.
05 Jun

ENDOMYSIAL ANTIBODIES, IgA

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

AUTOIMMUNE

Synonyms/Aliases

ENDOMYSIAL AB TITER.

Abbreviations

EMA IgA.

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

7 DAYS

7 WORKING DAYS

Method

IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE.

Temp

AMBIENT (4 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (7 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

NEGATIVE; TITRES ARE PROVIDED FOR POSITIVE CASES.

Clinical Utility

DIAGNOSIS OF DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS AND CELIAC DISEASE (COELIAC DISEASE)/ GLUTEN SENSITIVE ENTEROPATHY.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

N/A
05 Jun

ECHINOCOCCUS (HYDATID CYST), IgG

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

INFECTIOUS.

Synonyms/Aliases

HYDATID CYST.

Abbreviations

ECHINOCOCCUS ANTIBODY, IgG.

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

7-10 DAYS

7-10 WORKING DAYS

Method

IMMUNOASSAY.

Temp

REFRIGERATED (14 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

APPROPRIATE VALUES PROVIDED WITH REPORT.

Clinical Utility

DIAGNOSIS OF CYSTIC HYDATID DISEASE / ECHINOCOCCOSIS/ HYDATIDOSIS.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

OTHER PARASITIC INFECTIONS CAN PRODUCE FALSE-POSITIVE RESULTS. RESULTS REQUIRE CORRELATION WITH TRAVEL & RESIDENTIAL HISTORY AND IMAGING FINDINGS.
05 Jun

DESMOGLEIN III ANTIBODY

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

AUTOIMMUNE.

Synonyms/Aliases

DESMOSOME ANTIBODIES, ENDEMIC PEMPHIGUS, BULLOUS PEMPHIGUS.

Abbreviations

DSG3.

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

14 DAYS

14 DAYS

Method

ELISA.

Temp

AMBIENT (24 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (7 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

FASTING 8 HOURS.

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

NEGATIVE.

Clinical Utility

SCREENING TEST FOR AUTOIMMUNE BLISTERING DISORDER OF THE SKIN / IMMUNOBULLOUS DISEASES/ PEMPHIGUS.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

N/A
05 Jun

DESMOGLEIN I ANTIBODY

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

AUTOIMMUNE.

Synonyms/Aliases

DESMOSOME ANTIBODIES.

Abbreviations

DSG1.

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

14 DAYS

14 DAYS

Method

ELISA.

Temp

AMBIENT (24 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (7 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

ALL WORKING DAYS.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

FASTING 8 HOURS.

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

BATCHED.

Clinical Utility

SCREENING TEST FOR AUTOIMMUNE BLISTERING DISORDER OF THE SKIN / IMMUNOBULLOUS DISEASES/ PEMPHIGUS.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

N/A
05 Jun

DENGUE IgM ANTIBODY

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

INFECTIOUS

Synonyms/Aliases

DENGUE FEVER, FLAVIVIRUS, MOSQUITO-BORNE INFECTION.

Abbreviations

N/A

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

5 DAYS

5 DAYS

Method

IMMUNOASSAY.

Temp

AMBIENT (24 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (7 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

2ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

APPROPRIATE VALUES PROVIDED WITH REPORT.

Clinical Utility

A POSITIVE RESULT IS CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT/ RECENT DENGUE VIRUS INFECTION. IgM IS THE FIRST ANTIBODY PRODUCED BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO INFECTION.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

N/A
05 Jun

CRYPTOCOCCAL ANTIGEN TEST

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

INFECTIOUS

Synonyms/Aliases

FUNGAL SEROLOGY, CRYPTOCOCCUS AG TITER.

Abbreviations

CRAG.

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

2-4 HRS

2-4 HRS

Method

IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC.

Temp

AMBIENT (24 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (2 DAYS), FROZEN (14 DAYS).

Setup

ALL WORKING DAYS.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY. SPECIFY IF TEST IS SERUM CRAG OR CSF CRAG

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

TEST CAN BE DONE ON SERUM OR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF).

Container/ preservative

SERUM (SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.) OR CSF (STERILE LEAK PROOF CONTAINER).

Sample volume

2ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

NEGATIVE.

Clinical Utility

DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOCOCCOSIS.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

N/A
05 Jun

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, IgM

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Category

SEROLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY

Sub Category

INFECTIOUS

Synonyms/Aliases

C. TRACHOMATIS IgM

Abbreviations

N/A

Type

INDIVIDUAL TEST.

5 Days

5 WORKING DAYS

Method

ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY.

Temp

AMBIENT (8 HOURS), REFRIGERATED (7 DAYS), FROZEN (30 DAYS).

Setup

BATCHED.

Components Parameters

N/A

PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS

Test Ordering Instructions

FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY. C. TRACHOMATIS PCR (C. TRACHOMATIS NAAT) IS SUPERIOR FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ACTIVE INFECTION AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

Patient preparation

N/A

Sample type

SERUM.

Container/ preservative

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE (SST/ GEL) OR PLAIN (RED TOP) VACUTAINER.

Sample volume

3ML

Rejection criteria

LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; HEMOLYZED, LIPEMIC, ICTERIC SAMPLES.

Other Instructions

CENTRIFUGE SST (SERUM GEL TUBES) WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. CENTRIFUGE RED TOP VACUTAINERS AND ALIQUOT SERUM WITHIN 1-2 HOURS OF COLLECTION. THE SEPARATION VIAL MUST BE LABELED WITH AT LEAST 2 PATIENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SAMPLE TYPE.

Reference intervals

APPROPRIATE VALUES PROVIDED WITH REPORT

Clinical Utility

DETECT RECENT EXPOSURE CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTION.

Test Limitations/ Confounders

NON-SPECIFIC FOR LGV SEROVARS; CROSS-REACTIVITY WITH OTHER CHLAMYDIA SPECIES E.G. C. PSITTACI CAN OCCUR.
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