Detection of Human Herpes Virus 6 by PCR in patients with suspected HHV6 associated encephalitis. Indicated in young children and immunocompromised / immunosuppressed patients. May also cause other systemic infections in immunocompromised patients.
Tube
CSF – white universal EDTA tube.
ID
3645.
Availability
Mon – Sat. Samples for same day testing must arrive before 9:30am
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 to 8 degrees C.
IP Routine TAT
3 days.
GP Routine TAT
3 days.