Intended Audience: Pathologists, Residents, Clinical Scientists, Pathologist Assistants
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
- discuss the risk factors for herpes simplex virus (HSV) pneumonia.
- describe the diagnostic methods for the detection of HSV in lower respiratory specimens...
Back to Herpes Simplex Virus-1 qPCR in the Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients and Critically Ill Patients
Intended Audience: Pathologists, Residents, Clinical Scientists, Pathologist Assistants
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
- discuss the risk factors for herpes simplex virus (HSV) pneumonia.
- describe the diagnostic methods for the detection of HSV in lower respiratory specimens and the advantages and disadvantages of each method.
- explain the role of housekeeping genes in the development of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for specimens that may have widely variable cellularity.