Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Antibody, IgG

Synonyms

  • ANTIBODY
  • ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA
  • LAB656
  • MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE ANTIBODY, IGG
  • PLEUROPNEUMONIA LIKE ORGANISM
  • PPLO

Cerner Name

Mycoplasma IgG Ab

Clinical Info

Aid in the diagnosis of atypical pneumonia, which is a cause of community-acquired pneumonia.

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Gold-top tube(s)
Specimen: 1 mL of serum 0.5 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate

Specimen Volume

1 mL of serum

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

8 Hours Room Temperature
7 Days Refrigerated

Methodology

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Days Performed

Monday through Saturday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

86738

PDM

5700400

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Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
MYCOPLASMA IGG AB EIA MYCOPLIGG MYCOPLASMA IGG AB EIA Mycoplasma IgG Antibody
MYCOPLASMA IGG INTERP MYCOPLIGG MYCOPLASMA IGG INTERP Mycoplasma IgG Interpretation

Result Interpretation

Negative:  ≤0.90 index
Equivocal:  0.91-1.09 index
Positive:  ≥1.10 index

Forms
LAB656 build edit