Enterovirus Molecular Detection, Body Fluid or Tissue

Synonyms

  • ENTEROVIRUS PCR
  • LAB11821

Cerner Name

Enterovirus PCR

Clinical Info

Aids in diagnosing enterovirus infections
This test should not be used to screen asymptomatic patients

Specimen Sources

Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right BAL Back, Lower Back, Upper Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Expectorated Sputum Eye, Left Eye, Right Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Frontal sinus Hand, Left Hand, Right Hip, Left Hip, Right Induced Sputum Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Labia Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Lumbar Puncture Nares Nasopharynx Navel Neck Nose Oral Mucosa Oropharynx/Throat Paranasal Pelvis Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Rectum Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Trachea Urethra Vaginal/Rectal Vitreous Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Body Fluid Cerebrospinal Fluid Respiratory Swab Tissue

Specimen Volume

Container

Sterile

Collection Instructions

Submit a raw clinical sample (not a culture isolate) for
enterovirus PCR.
This test will detect enterovirus, but will not
differentiate viruses in this family or provide serotyping
information.

Submit only 1 of the
following specimens:

Specimen Type: Body fluid
Sources: Pericardial, peritoneal, or pleural
Container/Tube: Sterile container
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Collection Instructions: Do not centrifuge.

Specimen Type: Respiratory
Sources: Bronchial washing, bronchoalveolar lavage,
nasopharyngeal aspirate, swab or washing, throat or nasal swab,
sputum, or tracheal aspirate
Container/Tube: Sterile container
Specimen Volume: 1.5 mL

Specimen Type: Spinal fluid
Container/Tube: Sterile vial
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Collection Instructions: Do not centrifuge.

Specimen Type: Swab
Supplies: -Culturette (BBL Culture Swab) (T092)
-M4-RT (T605)
Sources: Dermal, eye, rectal,
genital, nasopharyngeal, throat, nasal or urethral
Container/Tube: Multimicrobe media (M4-RT) (T605) or
similar viral transport media (M4 or M5) and Eswab

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen
Collection Instructions:
1. Rectal swab must have no visible stool.
2. Place swab back into multimicrobe media (M4-RT, M4, or M5).
Stability: 7 Days Refrigerated

Transport Instructions

Varies
See General information

Specimen Stability

7 Days Refrigerated

Methodology

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)/RNA Probe
Hybridization

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday; Varies

Performing Laboratories

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

87498
LOINC Code: 93856-3

PDM

1459884

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
SOURCE ENTEROVIRUS PCR SRCEEVPCR SOURCE EVPCR Enterovirus PCR Source
ENTEROVIRUS PCR ENTEROVIRUS ENTEROVIRUS PCR Enterovirus PCR

Result Interpretation

Negative

Forms
ID Sendouts LAB11821 build edit