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Lab Dept:
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Microbiology/Virology
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Test Name:
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VIRAL SUSCEPTIBILITY
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General Information
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Lab Order Codes:
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VSUS
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Synonyms:
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Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Phenotyping for Drug Resistance
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CPT Codes:
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87252 - Virus isolation; tissue culture inoculation, observation, and presumptive identification by cytopathic effect
87253 - Virus isolation; tissue culture, additional studies or definitive identification, each isolate
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Test Includes:
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Plaque Reduction Assay for specified anti-viral
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Logistics
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Test Indications:
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To evaluate drug resistance in clinical isolates.
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Lab Testing Sections:
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Virology - Sendouts
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Referred to:
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LabCorp/Viromed Laboratories
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Phone Numbers:
Minneapolis:
Saint Paul:
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612-813-5806
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651-220-6555
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Test Availability:
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Daily, 24 hours
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Turnaround Time:
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3 – 4 weeks
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Special Instructions:
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- Contact Virology Laboratory to forward viral isolate.
• Specify anti-viral to be tested
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Specimen
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Specimen Type:
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- Actively growing isolate in tube with media
• Swab in universal transport media (eye, genital, oral, urethral, vesicle or throat
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Container:
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Cell culture tube with CPE
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Special Processing:
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Fill tube with media
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Transport/Storage:
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Transport at room temperature in biohazard shipping container.
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Interpretive
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Reference Range:
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Accompanies report
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Methodology:
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Plaque Reduction Assay
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References:
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Viromed Laboratories Web Page www.viromed.com
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LabCorp Laboratories Web Page www.labcorp.com
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Updates:
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5/7/2012: CPT and specimen updates.
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