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Test Requirements
 
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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