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Time Sensitive

Ordering Recommendation

Use to evaluate patients with suspected immunodeficiency diseases, including severe combined immunodeficiency. Do not order for patients younger than 3 months unless clinical history of candidiasis is present. For patients who are lymphopenic, collection of 10 mL of whole blood, rather than the minimum required volumes, is recommended to increase the likelihood that a sufficient number of lymphocytes can be isolated for testing.

New York DOH Approval Status

This test is New York state approved.

Specimen Required

Patient Preparation

Collect control specimen from a healthy individual unrelated to patient at approximately the same time as and under similar conditions to the patient.

Collect

Green (sodium heparin) (patient) AND green (sodium heparin) (control). Also acceptable: Yellow (ACD solution A) (patient) AND yellow (ACD solution A) (control). Patient and control specimens must be collected within 48 hours of test performance.

Specimen Preparation

Transport 10 mL whole blood (patient) AND 10 mL whole blood (control) in original collection tubes. (Min: 7 mL (patient) AND 7 mL (control)) Do not refrigerate or freeze. LIVE LYMPHOCYTES REQUIRED.

Infant Minimum: 3 mL (patient) AND 7 mL (control).

For patients who are lymphopenic, collection of 10 mL of whole blood, rather than the minimum required volumes, is recommended to increase the likelihood that a sufficient number of lymphocytes can be isolated for testing.

Storage/Transport Temperature

CRITICAL ROOM TEMPERATURE.

Unacceptable Conditions

Yellow (ACD solution B). Refrigerated or frozen specimens. Specimens in transport longer than 48 hours.

Remarks
Stability

Ambient: 48 hours; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable
New York State Clients: Ambient 24 hours; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable

Methodology

Cell Culture

Performed

Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

Reported

9-10 days

Reference Interval

By report

Interpretive Data

Phytohemagglutinin, concanavalin A, pokeweed mitogen, Candida antigen, and tetanus antigen are tested independently in lymphocyte culture. Lymphocyte proliferation in response to these mitogens and antigens is determined by 3H -thymidine incorporation.

Results are reported as the counts per minute (CPM) mitogen or antigen stimulated versus a control culture and a stimulation index (SI) which represents the ratio of CPM of the stimulated lymphocytes to the mean CPM of the unstimulated control.

Compliance Category

Laboratory Developed Test (LDT)

Note

Interpretation comparing the patient results to the client normal control and the laboratory control will be provided by the medical director.

Hotline History

N/A

CPT Codes

86353 x5

Components

Component Test Code* Component Chart Name LOINC
0096056 Lymphocyte Ag and Mitogen Panel 59063-8
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Aliases

  • Antigen & Mitogen Proliferation Panel
  • Blastogenesis Antigens
  • Blastogenesis Mitogens
  • Lymphocyte Blastogenesis
  • Lymphocyte Blastogenesis Antigens
  • Mitogen Studies
Lymphocyte Antigen and Mitogen Proliferation Panel