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Post-Transplant, Toxoplasma gondii DNA, Qualitative Real-Time PCR, Plasma
Test Code18153
CPT Codes
87798
Preferred Specimen
1 mL plasma collected in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Instructions
For Shipper collection please see detailed instructions in Test Resources
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated (cold packs)
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Samples collected in sodium or lithium heparin
Methodology
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Setup Schedule
Sets up 7 days a week.
Clinical Significance
Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite, is an important opportunistic pathogen of immunosuppressed patients and pregnant women. Real-time PCR methods are useful in identifying T. gondii in clinical specimens of immunosuppressed patients or in the amniotic fluid of mothers thought to be recently infected.
