Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated CSF
TUBE OR CONTAINER: CSF tube
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 1 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 mL
TEST INCLUDES: RMSF IgG and IgM
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 2-6 days
REFERENCE RANGE: 0.8 IV or less: Negative
0.9 - 1.1 IV: Equivocal
1.2 IV or greater: Positive
METHODOLOGY: Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA)
CLINICAL USE: Establish the diagnosis of infection due to
Rickettsia in the spotted fever group or in the
typhus group
CPT: 86757 x 2
[RNAPOLYG] RNA Polymerase III IgG Antibody
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Frozen serum
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Gold or Red
ORDERING MODULE: LAB
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 1 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.2 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 2-9 days
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative: 0-19 Units
Weak Positive: 20-39 Units
Moderate Positive: 40-80 Units
Strong Positive: 81 Units or above
METHODOLOGY: Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent
Assay (ELISA)
CLINICAL USE: Evaluating patients suspected of having systemic
sclerosis, when used in conjunction with
centromere and Scl70 antibodies or provides
diagnostic and prognostic information in patients
with systemic sclerosis
CPT: 83516
[ROCKYG] Rickettsia IgG Ab (Rocky Mt Fever)
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Serum at room temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Red or Gold
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 0.4 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.2 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 2-3 days
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative: Present/past: 1:16-1:64
Recent: >= 1:128
OTHER NAMES: Rickettsia rickettsii
METHODOLOGY: Enzyme immunoassay (EIA)
REFLEX TEST INFORMATION: A positive IgG will reflex a titer by
Indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) at