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Ehrlichia Profile, DNA PCR - EHRLICHIA DETECTION PCR
Test Code138412
Alias/See Also
"Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum)
Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia chaffeensis)
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Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia chaffeensis)
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CPT Codes
87798(x2)
Preferred Specimen
"Whole blood
12 mL (4 mL in each of three tubes)
1 mL"
12 mL (4 mL in each of three tubes)
1 mL"
Minimum Volume
0.2 mL
Transport Container
"Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or yellow-top (ACD) tube
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Transport Temperature
"Refrigerate
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Specimen Stability
"Room temperature---7 days
Refrigerated---7 days
Frozen---Unstable
Freeze/thaw cycles---Unstable
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Refrigerated---7 days
Frozen---Unstable
Freeze/thaw cycles---Unstable
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Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Quantity not sufficient for analysis; gross specimen contamination; specimen too old; leaking or broken tube
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Methodology
"Polymerase chain reaction (PCR "
