BACTERIAL ANTIGEN
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| Collect CSF. Send 1.0 mL CSF (0.5 mL minimum) frozen in an IATA-approved screw-capped plastic vial. |
Alternate Specimen
| Serum - 2.0 mL (1.0 mL minimum) |
Methodology
| Latex Agglutination |
Stability
| Room Temperature: 2 hours; Refrigerated: 48 hours; Frozen: 7 days |
Reference Range
| Not detected |
Performed
| Monday-Sunday |
| 3-5 days | |||||||||||||||
| BACAQ | |||||||||||||||
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