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 |