COCCIDIOIDES QUANTITATIVE EIA TEST

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The MVista® coccidioides quantitative antigen test aids in the diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis. Monitoring the coccidioidomycosis helps determine when treatment can be stopped and to diagnose relapse.

• Quantitative Sandwich Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)
• Serum and CSF are pre-treated to improve accuracy

The result is not intended to be used as the sole means for clinical diagnosis or patient management decisions.

• Cross-reactions are seen with histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis.
• Sputolysin, sodium hydroxide, and potassium hydroxide treatment degrade the analyte detected in the assay.

• Serum: Collect serum specimens in serum separator or red top tube. Allow blood to clot for 30 minutes, then centrifuge. Pipette serum into a plastic screw cap vial.
• Plasma: Collect plasma specimens in an EDTA, heparin or sodium citrate tube. Centrifuge for 15 minutes and pipette plasma into a plastic screw cap vial.
• Urine/CSF/BAL/Other Body Fluids: Submit urine, CSF, BAL, and all other body fluids in a sterile screw cap container.

• Serum/Plasma: 1.2 mL
• CSF: 0.8 mL
• Urine/BAL/Other Body Fluids: 0.5 mL

• Room Temperature: 14 days
• Refrigerated: 14 days
• Frozen: Indefinitely

• If specimen is too viscous to pipette
• Tissue, Sputum, Bronchial Brushings, Stool, FNA, Biopsy, Tracheal or Bone Marrow Aspirate

Refrigerated/Frozen/Room Temperature

Ship next day service Monday- Friday delivery

Testing is performed Monday-Friday

• Urine/BAL: Same day
• Serum/Plasma/CSF: 1 day

*New positives may require confirmation

None detected

• Positive: 0.07-8.2 ng/mL
• Positive Above the Limit of Quantification: Results greater than 8.2 ng/mL fall outside the linear range of the assay. These results are positive, but not accurately quantifiable.

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