Infectious Disease


The Infectious Diseases Section is focused on the molecular diagnosis of infectious agents, such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhoeae, Hepatitis C (HCV), HPV etc, including genotyping and viral load testing.

Test List

Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae  (Rand, Kenneth H., MD)

  Test Order Number:
  Methodology:Target Amplification Nucleic Acid Probe
  Specimen Requirements:Female endocervical, vaginal or male urethral swabs, urine specimens, Cervical Brush in ThinPrep® transport Pap Test™ Media or SurePath media.
  Specimen Handling:Use Gen-Probe® APTIMA Combo 2 collection and transport kit.
  In-house turnaround time:5 days
  Reference Values:not detected
  CPT Code:87491 CT and 87591 NG

HCV Genotyping LiPA2.0  (Rand, Kenneth H., MD)

  Test Order Number:0814
  Methodology:LiPA 2.0
  Specimen Requirements:1 mL Serum / Plasma EDTA, 4 mL peripheral blood in EDTA
  Specimen Handling:process whole blood within 4 hrs of the collection,store and ship specimen at –60oC to –80oC. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw of the samples.
  In-house turnaround time:5 days
  Reference Values:
  CPT Code:87902

HCV Viral Load bDNA  (Rand, Kenneth H., MD)

  Test Order Number:0804
  Methodology:bDNA
  Specimen Requirements:1 mL Serum / Plasma EDTA, 4 mL peripheral blood in EDTA
  Specimen Handling:process whole blood within 4 hrs of the collection,store and ship specimen at –60oC to –80oC. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw of the samples.
  In-house turnaround time:5 days
  Reference Values:< 615 IU/ mL
  CPT Code:87522

HIV-1 Viral Load bDNA  (Rand, Kenneth H., MD)

  Test Order Number:
  Methodology:bDNA
  Specimen Requirements:1 mL Serum / Plasma EDTA, 4 mL peripheral blood in EDTA
  Specimen Handling:process whole blood within 4 hrs of the collection,store and ship specimen at –60oC to –80oC. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw of the samples.
  In-house turnaround time:5 days
  Reference Values:< 75 copies HIV-1 RNA / mL
  CPT Code:87536

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