Toxoplasma gondii Molecular Detection

Synonyms

  • LAB11104
  • TOXOPLASMA GONDII DNA QUAL PCR
  • TOXOPLASMA GONDII DNA, QUAL PCR
  • TOXOPLASMOSIS

Cerner Name

Toxoplasma gondii DNA QuaL PCR

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Aortic Valve Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Bladder Blood, Peripheral Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Decubitus ulcers Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Eye, Left Eye, Right Fibroids Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Frontal sinus Gastric Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right Heart Hip, Left Hip, Right Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Larynx Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Liver Lumbar Puncture Lung, Left Lower Lobe Lung, Left Upper Lobe Lung, Right Lower Lobe Lung, Right Middle Lobe Lung, Right Upper Lobe Lymph Node Mitral Valve Navel Neck Nose Ovarian Cyst Ovary Pancreas Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Procurement Prostate Prosthetic valve Rectum Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Spleen Stomach Testicle Thyroid Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Tricuspid valve Urethra Uterus Vagina Vertebra Vitreous Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Blood Body Fluid Cerebrospinal Fluid Tissue

Specimen Volume

Container

Sterile

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Sterile plastic leakproof container
Specimen: Submit one of the following ( indicate source on sample)
1) 1.0 mL Amniotic Fluid (0.3 mL min)
2) 1.0 mL CSF (0.3 mL min)- Preferred
3) 1.0 mL serum Red Top Tube (0.3 mL min)
4) 1.0 vitreous fluid- Do not dilute collected specimen with additional saline.(0.2 mL min)
5) 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood(Lavender top tube) (0.3 mL min)
Minimum: 0.3 mL -CSF and vitreous fluid; Transport Temperature: Refrigerated

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

CSF, and other specimens Room temperature:
2 Days Room Temperature
7 days Refrigerated:
30 Days Frozen: 30 days
Whole blood
2 days Room temperature
7 days Refrigerated
Frozen: Unacceptable

Methodology

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Days Performed

TAT- 2-3 Days

Performing Laboratories

Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly

CPT

87798
 
Loinc Code:  29904-0

PDM

145902011

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
TOXOPLASMA GONDII DNA PCR QUAL SRCE TOXOGONDII TOXOPLASMA GONDII DNA PCR QUAL SRCE Toxoplasma gondii DNA Qual PCR Source
TOXOPLASM GONDII DNA QUAL PCR TOXOGONDII TOXOPLASM GONDII DNA QUAL PCR Toxoplasma gondii DNA Qual PCR

Result Interpretation

Not Detected

Forms
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