LOINC display name : A. phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia sp DNA panel NAA non-probe Ql (Bld);
LOINC long common name : Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia sp DNA panel - Blood Qualitative by NAA with
non-probe detection;
LOINC short name : A phag Ehrl sp DNA Pnl Bld NAA non-probe;
LOINC description : This panel contains ordinal results for detection of nucleic acids within the groEL
gene of pathogenic Anaplasma phagocytophilum and various Ehrlichia species. This test
is for evaluating patients suspected of acute anaplasmosis or ehrlichiosis. The submitter's
lab confirms the presence of the specific organism nucleic acid by performing a melting
curve analysis of the targeted amplicon. The submitter's assay is able to detect and
differentiate among Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichiosis chaffeensis, Ehrlichia
muris eauclairensis, and Ehrlichia ewingii/canis. The assay cannot differentiate between
Ehrlichia ewingii and Ehrlichia canis due to close proximity of the melting curves.;