9412. Package # 5.9.1 (Ehrlichia/Anaplasma phagocytophilum, IgG/IgM)
Turnaround time (days): 14
5420 ₴
Description
Package No. 5.9.1 ‘Ehrlichia/Anaplasma phagocytophilum, IgG/IgM’ is an immunological test kit for the identification of antibodies to the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum, which is transmitted by ticks and causes granulocytic anaplasmosis (ehrlichiosis).
Symptoms of infection are nonspecific: fever up to 38-39°C, chills, headache, nausea, arthralgia, myalgia. Sometimes abdominal discomfort, diarrhea and cough are observed.
Indications for appointment:
- diagnosis of human ehrlichiosis;
- differential diagnosis of infections transmitted by ixodid ticks;
- when the patient is known to have been bitten by a tick within the last month;
- in the presence of fever after a tick bite;
- in acute hepatitis and/or kidney disease after visiting ehrlichiosis epidemic areas, and if the patient has limeborreliosis.
When and who needs the test?
When a patient is known to have been bitten by a tick in the past month, when symptoms of acute febrile illness after a tick bite are present, and when there is acute jaundice-free hepatitis and/or kidney damage after visiting granulocytic anaplasmosis-endemic areas.
It is important to make a differential diagnosis if a patient has Lyme Borreliosis, viral tick-borne encephalitis and/or monocytic ehrlichiosis (due to the frequent combination of these infections with granulocytic anaplasmosis).
Biological material
- Venous blood
Preparing for a blood test
In order to exclude factors that may affect the test results, we recommend to follow the preparation rules:
- an important condition for laboratory tests is to take blood on an empty stomach.
- 6-12 hours before the test, you should avoid eating, drinking alcohol, smoking, and limit physical activity. Drinking...