Whipple's Disease Blood PCR
| Label Mnemonic: | WDPCR |
| Epic code: | LAB7372 |
| Downtime form: | A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery |
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
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| Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA) |
Alternate
Collection Media:
Pink top tube 6 mL (K2-EDTA)
Minimum:
Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s), and send 1.0 mL of EDTA
whole blood.
Delivery Instructions:
Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.Testing Schedule:
Test performed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at reference
laboratory.
Interpretive Data:
A positive result is considered diagnostic of Whipple disease.
A negative result does not negate the presence of the organism or active disease, as false negative results may occur due to inhibition of PCR, sequence variability underlying the primers and/or probes or the presence of Tropheryma whipplei in quantities less than the limit of detection of the assay.
A negative result does not negate the presence of the organism or active disease, as false negative results may occur due to inhibition of PCR, sequence variability underlying the primers and/or probes or the presence of Tropheryma whipplei in quantities less than the limit of detection of the assay.
Methodology:
Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
CPT Code:
87798