ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

Yersinia Species Antibody, IgG by Western Blot : 0051229

Mnemonic: YER IGG

Methodology: Western Blot
Performed: Tue
Reported: 1-8 days
Specimen Required: Collect: One 4 mL serum separator tube.

Storage/Transport Temperature: 1 mL serum at 2-8°C. (Min: 0.2 mL) Submit specimen in an ARUP Standard Transport Tube.

Remarks: Separate serum from cells ASAP. Acute and convalescent specimens should be labeled as such; parallel testing is preferred and convalescent specimens must be received within 30 days from receipt of the acute specimens. Please mark specimen plainly as "acute" or "convalescent".

Unacceptable Conditions: Heat-inactivated, contaminated, hemolytic, icteric, lipemic, or turbid specimens.

Stability (collection to initiation of testing): After separation from cells: Ambient: 2 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year
Reference Interval:
Negative - No significant Yersinia IgG antibodies detected.

Equivocal - Questionable presence of Yersinia IgG antibodies detected. May be an indication of recent infection. Repeat testing in 10-14 days may be helpful.

Positive - IgG antibodies to Yersinia detected.
Interpretive Data: Cross-reactivity has been shown to exist between Yersinia, Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lyme disease) and other bacterial species and thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (Graves disease). Therefore, results should be interpreted with caution and correlated with clinical information.

Please refer to Statement A in the Compliance Statements section in the front of the Laboratory Test Directory.
CPT Code(s): 86793
Cross References: Yersinia IgG by Western Blot
 
 

 

 

 
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