AAUCD - Overview: Amino Acids, Urea Cycle Disorders Panel, Plasma
Follow-up of patients with urea cycle disorders
CHRTI - Overview: Chromosome Analysis, Skin Biopsy
Diagnosis of mosaic congenital chromosome abnormalities, including mosaic aneuploidy and mosaic structural abnormalities Subsequent chromosome analysis when results from peripheral blood are inconclusive
LYME - Overview: Lyme Disease Serology, Serum
Diagnosing Lyme disease This test should not be used as a screening procedure for the general population. This test should not be used for treatment monitoring.
Aiding in identifying individuals with an adaptive immune response to SARS-CoV-2, indicating recent or prior infection
Detection of severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue
MPO - Overview: Myeloperoxidase Antibodies, IgG, Serum
Evaluating patients with clinical features anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis, specifically granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis...
SHIGC - Overview: Shigella Culture, Feces
Determining whether Shigella species may be the cause of diarrhea Reflexive testing for Shigella species from nucleic acid amplification test-positive stool This test is generally not useful for patients hospitalized more than 3 days...
OPE - Overview: Ova and Parasite, Travel History or Immunocompromised, Feces
Detecting and identifying parasitic protozoa and eggs and larvae of parasitic helminths in stool specimens
PR3 - Overview: Proteinase 3 Antibodies, IgG, Serum
Evaluating patients with clinical features of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, specifically granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with...
FAMBS - Overview: Amphotericin B Susceptibility Testing
Amphotericin B Susceptibility Testing
Mayo Clinic Ranked No. 1 Hospital Nationwide by U.S. News & World Report - Insights
Report’s 29th annual "Best Hospitals Honor Roll" published online on August 14. Mayo Clinic also ranked No. 1 in more specialties than any other hospital in the country....
NELL-1 [Test in Focus] - Insights
D., discusses how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ new immunohistochemistry test for the detection of NELL-1 antigen, a biomarker for membranous nephropathy found in 10% to 15% of patients, provides diagnostic...
Looking Back on Clinical Chemistry 1 - Insights
in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, takes a look back on her Clinical Chemistry 1 course....
Detection of (1→3)-𝝱-D-glucan as a Marker of Invasive Fungal Disease - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., will discuss the detection of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) in serum as a biomarker for the presence of invasive fungal infections....
Orexin-A/Hypocretin-1 for the Diagnosis of Type 1 Narcolepsy [Test in Focus] - Insights
test to perform as well as to interpret. The orexin-A/hypocretin-1 test is a sensitive and specific alternative to the MSLT to diagnose type 1 narcolepsy....