Specimen Requirements
Title
RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII & TYPHI IgG & IgM ANTIBODIES EVALUATION
Specimen Requirement
1-SST/1.0 mL serum. Spin, separate and refrigerate.
Methodology
Stability
Refrigerated 4 days, Frozen 2 months
Reference Range
By Report*
Turnaround
3-5 days Performed Tues, Thurs
Clinical Use
Helps establish the diagnosis of infection due to Rickettsia in the Rocky Mountain spotted fever group or in the typhus group. Reactivity to R. typhi antigen should be considered “group-reactive”” because the R. prowazekii infection also induces antibodies reactive with R.typhi.
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Test Code
RDP