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Gold
Serum
2 mL
0.6 mL
Separate < 2hrs
Other body fluids. Contaminated, hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic specimens.
REFRIGERATED
Mark specimens plainly as “acute” or “convalescent”.
Sun-Sat
1-6 days
Complement Fixation/Immunodiffusion/Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
Core
IHC
3001982
CF
Coccidioides immitis
Coccidioidomycosis
Precipitin
TP
Valley fever
Test
SPECIMEN PREPARATION: Separate from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 2 mL serum to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. (Min: 0.6 mL). Parallel testing is preferred and convalescent specimens must be received within 30 days from receipt of the acute specimens. NOTES: Coccidioides Antibodies, IgM and IgG by Immunoassay, Serum is used to screen for coccidioidal antibodies. If the immunoassay testing is equivocal or positive for IgM and/or IgG, then Coccidioides Antibodies by Immunodiffusion and Coccidioides Antibody Titer by Complement Fixation, Serum will be added. Additional charges apply
IV
86635 x2; if reflexed add 86635 x2
90448-2
27009-0