LYME ANTIBODY EIA
Marquette General Health System
Alpha Code |
  | LYME |
MGH LIS Test No |
  | 806 |
Schedule |
  | Tuesday, Thursday |
Testing Time |
  | 1 day |
Testing Lab |
  | Marquette General Hospital |
QORR Test Code |
  | LYME |
Type |
  | 1 SST Tube |
Volume |
  | 1.0 mL |
Temperature |
  | Refrigerate |
Preservative |
  |   |
Collection Info |
  | Refrigerate specimen after collection |
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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