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Test Code Billings Clinic: 4767 Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen, Spinal Fluid

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory: Microbiology

Useful For

This assay qualitatively detects the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in spinal fluid specimens from patients with symptoms of pneumonia. It is intended as an aid in the presumptive diagnosis of Streptococcus infection in conjunction with culture and other methods.

Methodology

Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay

Specimen Requirements

  • 1 mL of spinal fluid in a CSF transport tube(s).
  • Send specimen refrigerated.
  • Patients who have received the Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine may test positive in the 48 hours following vaccination.
  • Specimens from patients taking antibiotics for more than 24 hours may cause a false-negative result.

Reference Values

Negative

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

87449