Diagnostic Laboratory Services

24 hours services

Real time handling of critical samples by experienced personnel

  1. Bacteriology

  2. Mycology

  3. Parasitology

  4. Virology (rapid diagnostic tests)

  5. Serology (including urgent service for transplant donor/recipient, patients undergo hemodialysis)

  6. Molecular pathology (e.g. rapid detection of influenza A virus subtype H7 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus)

  7. Mycobacteriology

  8. Medium preparation

 

                 

 

 

Special Tests Provided to Other Laboratories

  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigen & qPCR tests for transplant / immunocompromised patients

  • Special serological tests – antibody detection:

    • Virology

      • Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) NPC screening, acute infection profile

    • Mycology

      • Penicillium marneffei

    • Parasitology

      • Amebiasis, Cysticercosis, Trichinellosis

    • Bacteriology

      • Burkholderia pseudomallei, Bartonella henselae

      • Special molecular tests:

    • Parvovirus, Human Herpesviruses (HHV-6, HHV-7), Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP), etc.

The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital also provides microbiology laboratory service for diagnostics testing