Histoplasma Antibodies CF, ID, Serum

Histoplasma Antibodies CF, ID

Order Code:	HISTOPAN
Epic Lab Code:	LAB3326

Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527

Specimen:

Serum

Collection Medium:

Red top tube

Minimum:

Adult preferred minimum: 1.0 mL serum Adult absolute minimum: 0.5 mL serum Pediatric minimum: 0.3 mL serum

Rejection Criteria:

Severely lipemic or contaminated specimens.

Analytic Time:

5 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

Test Component Reference Range Histoplasma Antibody by ID None detected Histoplasma Yeast Antibody by CF < 1:8 Histoplasma Mycelia Antibody by CF < 1:8

Test Limitations:

Negative fungal serology does not rule out the possibility of current infection.

Methodology:

Complement Fixation (CF) Immunodiffusion (ID)

CPT Code:

86698 Histoplasma (ID), 86698 Histoplasma mycelia (CF), 86698 Histoplasma yeast (CF)