Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon ESAT-6 Ag spot count [#] in Blood 74278-3
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 74278-3 | ||
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| name | Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon ESAT-6 Ag spot count [#] in Blood | ||
| description | The count of spots (0 to >20) in a patient's T cells that represent IFN-γ released in response to the presence of M. tuberculosis early secretory antigenic target-6 (ESAT-6) antigens. The spot count provides a measurement of the abundance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sensitive effector T cells in the peripheral blood. This term is based on, but not limited in use to, Oxford Immunotec's T-SPOT.TB assay, used to diagnose M. tuberculosis. T-SPOT.TB assay uses enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) methodology to enumerate M. tuberculosis-sensitized T cells by capturing interferon-gamma (IFN-y) in the vicinity of T cells in the patient's whole blood. In the T-SPOT.TB assay, the test result is positive if [ESAT-6 (Panel A) - negative control spots] and/or [CFP10 (Panel B) - negative control spots] is greater than or equal to 8 spots. The test result is negative if both [Panel A - negative control] and/or [Panel B - negative control] is less than or equal to 4 spots. | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon.ESAT-6 Ag spot count | ||
| property | Num = Number | ||
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||
| system | Bld = Whole blood | ||
| scale | Qn = Quantitative: The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256 | ||
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Additional Names | |||
| short name | M TB IFN-g.ESAT-6 Ag Bld | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | MICRO | ||
| type | 1 Laboratory | ||
| order vs. observation | Both | ||
| example UCUM units | {#} The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | ||
| example unit | # | ||
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. | |||
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History/Usage | |||
| first released | |||
| last updated | 2.64 | ||
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
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