What are some potential causes of a false positive ethylene glycol result by enzymatic assay?
1. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
2. Elevated Lactate and LDH
3. Propylene glycol
Carlos Martinez, MD, Hanna Lubbos, MD, Leslie I. Rose, MD, Charles Swartz, MD, and Fredrick Kayne, PhD (1998) FALSE-POSITIVE ETHYLENE GLYCOL LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS. Endocrine Practice: September 1998, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 272-273. https://doi.org/10.4158/EP.4.5.272.
Eder AF et al. Serum lactate and lactate dehydrogenase in high concentrations interfere in enzymatic assay of ethylene glycol. Clin Chemistry 1996; 42(9): 1489.
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