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Post-Transplant, Toxoplasma gondii DNA, Qualitative Real-Time PCR, Plasma
Test Code18153
Preferred Specimen
Lavender Top
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.
Reference Range
Not Detected
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.
