Evaluating new onset encephalopathy (noninfectious or metabolic) comprising confusional states, psychosis, delirium, memory loss, hallucinations, movement disorders, sensory or motor complaints, seizures, dyssomnias, ataxias, nausea, vomiting, inappropriate antidiuresis, coma, dysautonomias, or hypoventilation in spinal fluid specimens
Specimen Type
CSF
Container
Sterile
Collection Instructions
Container/Tube: Sterile Vial Specimen: 4 mL CSF (2 mL min) This test is intended to be ordered for adult patients. If this test is ordered for a patient younger than 18 years of age, it will be canceled and automatically reordered by the laboratory as PCDEC / Pediatric Autoimmune Encephalopathy/CNS Disorder Evaluation, Spinal Fluid.
Transport Instructions
72 Hours Room Temperature
Specimen Stability
3 Days Room Temperature 28 Days Refrigerated 28 Days Frozen
Methodology
Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA) Cell-Binding Assay (CBA) Western Blot (WB) Immunoblot (IB) Radioimmunoassay (RIA)