The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

BK Virus PCR

BK Virus PCR

Detection of BK Virus by PCR in urine and EDTA blood samples from renal transplant and bone marrow transplant patients is diagnostic of ureteric stenosis and haemorrhagic cystitis respectively

Tube EDTA tubeUrine in white universal
ID 3638
Availability Run once a week
Turn Around 8 days
Send to LGI Microbiology Department
Collection Con If delays occur refrigerate at 2-8 degrees C.
IP Routine TAT 8 days
GP Routine TAT 8 days