Last Modified:
3/22/2022 2:20:10 PM
Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
1.0 CSF in a Sterile Plastic Vial
Collection Instructions:
Minimum Volume:
0.3 mL CSF
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
48 hours Ambient
7 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen
Rejection Criteria:
Hemolyzed whole blood
Reference Range:
Not detected
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Clinical Significance:
Toxoplasma gondii DNA, Qualitative Real-Time PCR - Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite, is an important opportunistic pathogen of immunosuppressed patients. In AIDS patients and transplant patients, this infection may result in a life-threatening encephalitis. T. gondii can also cause a fatal infection of the fetus if an infection is acquired during pregnancy. Fetal death or major abnormalities such as blindness and mental retardation may occur when infection is acquired during the first trimester. PCR methods may be useful in identifying T. gondii in CSF of immunosuppressed patients or in the amniotic fluid of mothers thought to be recently infected
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
2 to 3 days
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
MSOT
EPIC Test Code:
MISC
Send Out Test Code:
34451
Alternate Test Names:
Toxoplasma gondii DNA, Qualitative Real-Time PCR
Included Tests:
CPT Coding:
87798
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