Laboratory test
TB PCR
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- Sample
- Blood, urine or bone marrow
- Fasting
- Not required
- Expected report time
- 24–48 hours
- Parameters
- 1
What is the TB PCR?
TB PCR includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA (PCR). The listed sample is Sputum or BHL or BAL or Tissue or Biopsy or Lymph nodes or Urine or Body fluid or CSF or Pleural fluid or Synovial fluid or Ascitic fluid or Gastric Lavage or FNAC or Pus or Abscesses or Cold Abscesses or Endotracheal secretion (ET) or Endometrial Biopsy or Cervical Lymphnode biopsy or Bone marrow or Colonic biopsy or Axillary Lymphnode biopsy or Lymphnode or Bronchial wash or Pure isolates or Others or Menstrual Blood. The parameter table provides the available units and method details. Discuss the measurements with your clinician in the context of the investigations requested.
What does the TB PCR measure?
1 parameter.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA (PCR)
The reference interval printed on your actual laboratory report governs interpretation. Intervals can vary by laboratory, method, age, sex and pregnancy. Methods can also vary by processing laboratory.
TB PCR: sample & preparation
Sample: Blood, urine or bone marrow. Fasting: Not required.
- Provide an early-morning deep-cough sputum sample in the sterile container given to you, after rinsing your mouth with water. If a different site has been advised by your doctor, that sample will be collected instead.
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