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
EVALUATE RECENT INFECTION WITH AND SEQUELAE OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI (GAS) I.E. RHEUMATIC FEVER & POST STREPTOCOCCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS.