viral culture


viral culture

A test in which a specimen–eg, throat swab, sputum, stool, CSF, urine, from a Pt is placed in live cells; various viruses–eg, adenovirus, enterovirus, herpes simplex, measles, mumps, myxovirus, paramyxovirus, rhinovirus, rubella, varicella-zoster, etc can be cultured from clinical specimens, but are not routinely performed as effective therapies are limited. See Shell vial assay.