Ganciclovir Sensitivity
Order Code: GANS
Epic Lab Code: LAB3201
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
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. Viral isolate must be grown by the Virology lab to be shipped to the commercial lab. Call Mailout Laboratory at 356-8593 to coordinate shipping the sample.
Analytic Time:
2 weeks upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
By report.
Comments:
Ganciclovir is similar to acyclovir in structure and in having activity against HSV. Ganciclovir is used as primary therapy for CMV disease.
Methodology:
Dye Uptake.
CPT Code:
87252, 87253