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Title | RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII & TYPHI IgG & IgM ANTIBODIES EVALUATION |
Specimen Requirement | <p>1-SST/1.0 mL serum. Spin, separate and refrigerate.</p> |
Methodology | |
Stability | Refrigerated 4 days, Frozen 2 months |
Reference Range | By Report* |
Turnaround | 3-5 days Performed Tues, Thurs |
Clinical Use | <p>Helps establish the diagnosis of infection due to Rickettsia in the Rocky Mountain spotted fever group or in the typhus group. Reactivity to R. typhi antigen should be considered \"group-reactive\" because the R. prowazekii infection also induces antibodies reactive with R.typhi.</p> |
Test Code | RDP |
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