LYME ANTIBODY EIA
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  LYME

MGH LIS Test No

  806

Schedule

  Tuesday, Thursday

Testing Time

  1 day

Testing Lab

  Marquette General Hospital

QORR Test Code

  LYME

Specimen Info

Type

  1 SST Tube  

Volume

  1.0 mL

Temperature

  Refrigerate

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Refrigerate specimen after collection
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
EIA

Clinical Utilities
Useful for screening for lyme antibodies.

CPT Codes
86618

Reference Range
Index                      Interpretation

<0.90 ........................Negative
0.91-1.00....................Equivocal
>or= 1.10...................Positive      

LYME EIA Antibody testing can be falsely negative, if serum collection is early in the disease, or after treatment.  Additional serial testing may be needed when a false negative is suspected.  The test may be falsely positive due to auto-antibodies, cross reacting organisms, or other foreign antigens.

Current CDC recommendations suggest that all Lyme antibody EIA screening results that are Positive or Equivocal should be sent for Western Blot testing.  All specimens reported with Positive or Equivocal results will be frozen for 30 days should additional testing be needed.           

Component Information

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