HSV Acyclovir Drug Resistance by Sanger Sequencing
General Information
- Lab Name
- HSV Acyclovir Drug Resistance
- Lab Code
- HSVDR
- Epic Ordering
- HSV Acyclovir Drug Resistance
- Description
HSV Type 1 and HSV Type 2 Drug Resistance to Acyclovir in the Thymidine Kinase (UL23 only) gene detected by Sanger Sequencing.
- Synonyms
- Acyclovir, Drug Resistance, HSV, Sanger
- Components
-
Code Name HSVSPC HSV Acyclovir Sample Type HSVDRM HSV Mutations Associated with Acyclovir Resistance HSVNDR Other HSV Mutations Causing Amino Acid Changes HSVACY HSV Acyclovir Resistance HSVDRI HSV Acyclovir Resistance Interpretation
Interpretation
- Method
Sanger Sequencing
- Reference Range
- See individual components
Ordering & Collection
- Specimen Type
- Swabs, Blood, Spinal Fluid, BAL, Eye Fluid
- Collection
-
Collect ONE of the following:
- Swabs in 1.5 mL VTM
- 3 mL blood in LAVENDER, RED, SST, PPT tube
- 1 mL Spinal Fluid
- 1 mL BAL
Unacceptable: GREEN TOP, Extracted nucleic acid from an outside laboratory.
- Handling Instructions
- Quantity
-
requested: 1.5 mL plasma/serum/CSF/BAL or swabs in 1.5 mL VTM
minimum: 1 mL plasma/serum/CSF/BAL or swabs in 1 mL VTM
Processing
- Processing
Blood: Centrifuge tube within 24 hours of collection & aliquot serum/plasma. Freeze at -20°C.
CSF: Freeze within 2 hours of collection or ship immediately at 4°C. If CSF has cells, centrifuge & aliquot clear CSF-Freeze at -20°C.
Outside Laboratory: If no freezer available, ship at 4°C. Ship time not to exceed 48 hrs. Do not freeze/thaw. If frozen, ship with Dry Ice.
Performance
- LIS Dept Code
- Virology, Eastlake (EVIR)
- Performing Location(s)
-
Other Virology, Molecular
206-685-6656Virology Laboratory, Ste 320
1616 Eastlake Ave E.
Seattle, WA 98102 - Frequency
- Available STAT?
- No
Billing & Coding
- CPT codes
- 87900
- LOINC
- 29578-2
- Interfaced Order Code
- UOW3692