B. burgdorferi (Lyme), PCR

Label Mnemonic:	LYMEPCR
Epic code:	LAB2655
Downtime form:	A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery

Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
5231 RCP
356-8593

Specimen(s):

CSF, Skin Punch, Synovial Fluid or Serum

Specimen Instructions:

Specimen source required.

Collection Medium:

	or
Sterile container	or	Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum: 1 mL CSF, Skin Punch or Synovial Fluid in sterile container
Absolute Minimum: 0.5 mL in sterile container

1 mL serum in red top tube

Rejection Criteria:

Heparinized specimens. Frozen whole blood. Clotted or severely lipemic specimens.

Delivery Instructions:

Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.

Testing Schedule:

1-4 days upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

Negative - Borrelia species DNA not detected by PCR.
Positive - Borrelia species DNA detected by PCR.

Methodology:

Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

CPT Code:

87476