Coccidioides Antibodies, IgG & IgM by ELISA COCCAB
| Method(s) | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) | ||||||
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| Specimen Required | |||||||
| Collect | One 5 mL gold (SST) top tube or 2 mL CSF. |
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| Transport | 2 mL serum or CSF at 2-8°C. (Min: 0.3 mL) |
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| Remarks | Separate serum from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Acute and convalescent samples must be labeled as such; parallel testing is preferred and convalescent samples must be received within 30 days from receipt of the acute samples. Please mark sample plainly as "acute" or "convalescent." |
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| Stability | Ambient: 2 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year (avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles) | ||||||
| Unacceptable Conditions | Severely lipemic, contaminated, or hemolyzed samples. Other body fluids. |
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| Schedule | Daily | ||||||
| Billing Code | 5010955 | ||||||
| CPTCode | 86635x2 | ||||||
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