Acyclovir Sensitivity
Order Code: ACYS
Epic Lab Code: LAB2536
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
01250 PFP
356-3527
Specimen:
Viral Isolate
Collection Medium:
Miscellaneous container; contact laboratory
Minimum:
Clinical Isolate (cell culture tube with 4+ CPE). Fill tube with viral maintenance media. Deliver specimen to Microbiology, 6004 BTGH. Viral isolate must be grown by the Virology lab to be shipped to a Commercial Lab. Please contact Mailout Laboratory at 356-8593 concerning shipment.
Turn Around Time:
2 weeks upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
By report.
Comments:
Acyclovir is used to treat both localized and systemic HSV, and is used as a prophylaxis in transplant recipients.
Methodology:
Dye Uptake.
CPT Code:
87252; 87253