Test ID: QG048
CPT code: 86777, 86778
LOINC: SEE COMPONENTS IN COMMENTS
Specimen Type: SERUM
Frequency: Mon-Sat; analytic time 2 days
Instructions: 1.0 mL serum from SST, frozen. Minimum 0.5 mL.
Text: Initial testing for identifying visceral T. gondii infection. If results are equivocal or positive, CDC recommends that the serum specimen be retested using a different assay from another reference laboratory specializing in toxoplasmosis testing (e.g. IgG dye test, IgM ELISA, reflex to avidity or other accepted tests).
COMPONENTS:Q0217 TOXOPLASMA IGG AB LOINC 5388-4; Q0218 TOXOPLASMA IGG AB INTERP LOINC 40677-7; Q0219 TOXOPLASMA IGM AB LOINC 5390-0; Q0220 TOXOPLASMA IGM AB INTERP LOINC 12262-2.
Methodology: Chemiluminescence