Lysozyme
Order Code: LYSO
Epic Lab Code: LAB3526
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
01250 PFP
356-3527
Specimen:
Serum, or Body Fluid
Collection Medium:
Red top tube
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 1 mL serum, 0.5 mL CSF, tears or other body fluid in leak-proof container.
Delivery Instructions:
Deliver to laboratory within 30 minutes of collection.
Turn Around Time:
5 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
9 - 17 ug/mL
Comments:
Serum and urine lysozyme levels may be elevated in acute myelomonocytic leukemia (FAB-M4), chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), and chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML). Increased serum lysozyme activity is present in tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, megaloblastic anemias, acute bacterial infections, ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, and Chrohn's disease. Elevated levels of urine and serum lysozyme occur during severe renal insufficiency, renal transplant rejection, urinary tract infections, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis, and nephrosis.
Methodology:
Radial Immunodiffusion
CPT Code:
85549