Bordetella pertussis Antibodies, IgG-994

Test info

  
Bordetella pertussis Antibodies, IgG
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Whooping cough
  

Establish evidence of infection/exposure to Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
0.4 mL
  
0.2 mL
  

Immediately following collection, mix sample by gently inverting 5 times

  
  1. Allow sample to clot for a minimum of 30 minutes
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  

Gold serum separator (SST) tube

  
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  
  

Ambient (preferred) - 14 days

Refrigerated - 14 days

Frozen - 14 days

Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x4

  
  • Hemolysis
  • Lipemia
  • Gross bacterial contamination

Performance

  
LabCorp Burlington (161745): R-NX
  
Mo - Fr
  
1 - 4 days
  

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Negative: < 0.95 index

Equivocal:    0.95 - 1.04 index

Positive:   > 1.04 index

Billing

  
86615
  
42330-1

Tracking

  
05/31/2019
  
06/13/2023
  
06/01/2023