Detection of JC Virus by PCR in CSF samples from immunocompromised patients is diagnostic of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Tube
CSF in white universal or EDTA blood tube.
ID
3650.
Availability
Once a week.
Additional Information
Consider in immunocompromised patients with progressive damage and inflammation of the white matter in the brain with neurological symptoms including: cognitive and behavioural changes; paraesthesia; visual problems; gait abnormalities and loss of limb coordination; and hemiparesis. Please specify if patient is immunocompromised and has PML.
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
8 days.
GP Routine TAT
8 days.