NAIL/PARONYCHIA, HAIR PATHOGENS
SAMPLE TYPE: Nail Clipping, Paronychia Tissue, Hair Clipping
TEST INCLUDES
BACTERIAL
Bacteroides fragilis, vulgatus
Enterobacter aerogenes, cloacae
Enterococcus faecalis, faecium
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, asaccharolyticus, magnus, prevotii
Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Serratia marcescens
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus spp
Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus pyogenes
FUNGAL
Aspergillus flavus, fumigatus niger, terreus
Blastomyces dermatidis
Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, tropicalis
Candida auris
Epidermophyton floccosum
Fusarium oxysporum, solani
Malassezia furfur, restricta, sympodialis, globosa
Microsporum audouinii, canis, gypseum
Trichophyton mentagraphophytes/interdigitale, rubrum, soudanense, terrestre, tonsurans, verrucosum, violaceum
Trichosporon mucoides, asahii
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GENES
NOT TYPICALLY DETECTED BY CULTURE
VanA, VanB
ermB, C; mefA
SHV, KPC Groups
dfr (A1, A5), sul (1, 2) mecA
qnrA1, qnrA2, qnrB2
tet B, tet M
IMP, NDM, VIM Groups
ACT, MIR, FOX, ACC Groups
OXA-48,-51
CTX-M1 (15), M2 (2), M9 (9)
M8/25 Groups5
⦿ FUNGAL
⦿ ANAEROBE
⦿ SLOW GROWING
⦿ STREPTOCOCCUS SPECIES
⦿ PROTOZOAL
⦿ NOT TYPICALLY TESTED BY CULTURE
EXPECTED TURNAROUND TIME
Within 48 hours (TAT is the interval starting when a specimen and order are received in the laboratory and ends with release of the test result.)