Specimen:

Serum

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

Preferred Adult minimum:  1 mL serum
Pediatric minimum:  0.15 mL serum
Absolute minimum: 0.5 mL serum

Rejection Criteria:

Hemolyzed or lipemic specimens.  Plasma specimens.

Analytic Time:

10 working days

Reference Range:

Components
Bartonella henselae antibody, IgG
<1:64 Negative: No significant level of Bartonella henselae
                IgG antibody detected.
1:64 - 1:128 Equivocal: Questionable presence of Bartonella
                        henselae IgG antibody detected.  Repeat
                        testing in 10-14 days may be helpful.
> or = 1:256 Positive: Presence of IgG antibody to Bartonella
                       henselae detected, suggestive of current
                       or past infection.

Bartonella henselae antibody, IgM:
< 1:16 Negative: No significant level of Bartonella henselae
                 IgM antibody detected.
> or = 1:16 Positive: Presence of IgM antibody to Bartonella
                      henselae detected, suggestive of recent
                      infection.

Comments:

Please mark sample plainly as "acute" or "convalescent".

Methodology:

Indirect Fluorescent Antibody

CPT Code:

86611(x2)