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ADENOVIRUS GROUP AB, QN
Test Code96065
Alias/See Also
Adenovirus CF Antibodies
CPT Codes
86603
Preferred Specimen
"Serum
1 mL"
1 mL"
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Instructions
"Specimen should be free of hemolysis, lipemia, and gross bacterial contamination. Identify specimens as acute or convalescent. Acute and convalescent specimens must be submitted on separate test forms.
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Transport Container
"Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube
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Transport Temperature
room temp
Specimen Stability
room temp
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Hemolysis; lipemia; gross bacterial contamination
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Methodology
"Complement fixation (CF) "
Reference Range
"Negative: <1:8
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Clinical Significance
"Serologic diagnosis of adenovirus infection. At least 12 types of adenovirus have been associated with illnesses such as noninfluenzal acute respiratory disease, pneumonia, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, acute febrile pharyngitis, and acute hemorrhagic cystitis. Asymptomatic infections can make serologic responses difficult to interpret.
There are 41 different types of adenovirus, and many infections are both asymptomatic and persistent. Thus, serologic evidence of adenovirus, and even isolation of an adenovirus from a patient, may be coincidental rather than the cause of the patient's present complaints.
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There are 41 different types of adenovirus, and many infections are both asymptomatic and persistent. Thus, serologic evidence of adenovirus, and even isolation of an adenovirus from a patient, may be coincidental rather than the cause of the patient's present complaints.
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