Escherichia coli shiga-like toxin identified in Specimen   53946-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code53946-0
nameEscherichia coli shiga-like toxin identified in Specimen
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentEscherichia coli shiga-like toxin identified
propertyPrid  =  Presence or identity:  Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemXXX
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method

Additional Names

short nameE coli SXT Spec

Basic Attributes

classMICRO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

History/Usage

test rank6022 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonChanged component from 'Escherichia coli shiga toxin Ag' as 'Ag' is not necessary.; Changed Component from "Escherichia coli shiga toxin" to "Escherichia coli shiga-like toxin identified" to clarify that only shiga-like toxins (produced by E. coli) are being detected.

Related Names

E coli
E coli SLTEC
E coli STX identified
E coli SXT
EHEC
Enterohemorrhagic E coli
ID
Identity or presence
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
Isolated
Microbiology
Misc
Miscellaneous
Nominal
o002
Other
Point in time
Random
SLTEC
Spec
To be specified in another part of the message
Unspecified

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