ADENOSINE DEAMINASE, BODY FLUID
Specimen Required
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| 0.3 mL CSF, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid (0.1 mL minimum) frozen. Centrifuge sample. Collect sample supernatant and freeze. |
Rejection Criteria
| Turbid sample, Whole blood |
Methodology
| Spectrophotometry |
Stability
| Room Temperature: 24 hours; Refrigerated: 3 days; Frozen: 6 months |
Reference Range
| Pleural transudate (total protein <3.0 g/dL): | 0.0-6.7 U/L |
| Pleural exudates (total protein >3.0 g/dL): | 1.6-9.2 U/L |
 Tuberculosis |
19.0-85.0 U/L |
| Neoplastic |
0.0-22.0 U/L |
| Pneumonia |
0.0-19.0 U/L |
| Rheumatoid arthritis |
23.0-42.0 U/L |
| Lymphoma |
6.0-420.0 U/L |
| Peritoneal exudates or transudate: | 0.0-7.6 U/L |
| CSF |
<10.0 U/L |
Performed
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
| 3-5 days | |||||
| ADAFLA 36-85050 | |||||
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