ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

0060098: Candida Antigen

Test Mnemonic: CANDAG
Methodology: Latex Agglutination

Performed: Sun-Sat

Reported: Within 24 hours

Specimen Required:  
Collect: One 4 mL SST or plain red. 

Transport: 1 mL serum at 2-8°C. (Min: 0.2 mL)

Submit specimen according to Biological Substance, Category B, shipping guidelines.

Pediatric Collection/Transport: 0.1 mL serum at 2-8°C.

Submit specimen according to Biological Substance, Category B, shipping guidelines.

Unacceptable Conditions: Plasma, CSF, or whole blood. Ambient samples greater than one hour.

Stability: Ambient: 1 hour; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 6 months

Reference Interval:
Negative

Interpretive Data:
A negative reaction does not exclude the possibility of systemic Candida infection. A titer consistently equal to or less than 1:4, or a rising titer is suggestive of invasive candidiasis.  False positive results may occur in patients with acute renal failure (Ness et al. J Infect Dis 159:495, 1989).  Rheumatoid factor can cause nonspecific agglutination.



CPT Code(s):
87899

 

 

 
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