ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

Neisseria gonorrhoea Antibodies, Total : 0099685

Mnemonic: GC-AB

Methodology: Complement Fixation
Performed: Mon, Thu
Reported: 2-6 days
Specimen Required: Collect:  One 5 mL serum separator tube.

Storage/Transport Temperature:  1 mL serum at 2-8°C. (Min: 0.15 mL)  Submit specimen in an ARUP Standard Transport Tube.

Remarks:  Please mark specimens plainly as "ACUTE" or "CONVALESCENT"

Unacceptable Conditions:  Icteric, lipemic, contaminated, or turbid specimens, plasma

Stability (collection to initiation of testing):  After separation from cells: Ambient: 2 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 1 year
Reference Interval:
Less than 1:8
Interpretive Data: Single, high positive antibody titers may indicate past or current infection.  An increase in titers between acute and convalescent sera or at least fourfold is considered strong evidence of current or recent infection.
CPT Code(s): 86171
Cross References: Gonococcal Antibody, gonorrhea
 
 

 

 

 
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