Use in immunocompromised patients if antibody response incomplete or lacking. Detection of EBV associated disease such as post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD).
Test should not be requested to screen for EBV infection – please see EBV IgM.
Tube
Dependent on sample type.
ID
3641.
Availability
Mon – Sat. Samples for same day testing must arrive before 9:30am.
Additional information
EDTA samples for detection of systemic infection or monitoring of quantitative levels
CSF – meningoencephalitis
Tissue- internal organ infection
Turn around
3 days.
Send to
Microbiology Department, Centre for Laboratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF.
Collection Con
If delays occur, refrigerate at 2-8 degrees C.
IP Routine TAT
3 days.
GP Routine TAT
3 days.