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.