- Panel Description:
- Consider if patient presents with eye pain, eye redness, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, excessive tearing, and/or eye discharge
- Sample Type:
- Eye (External Swab), Eye (Internal Fluid Aspirate)
- Microorganisms Key:
- Fungal
- Protozoal
- Slow Growing
- Streptococcus Species
- Anaerobe
- Not Typically Tested by Culture
- Fungal
- Protozoal
- Slow Growing
- Streptococcus Species
- Anaerobe
- Not Typically Tested by Culture
- Target Microorganisms:
- BACTERIA & Fungi
- Acanthamoeba castellani, polyphaga; Vermamoeba (Hartmannella) vermiformis
- Acinetobacter baumannin
- Adenovirus
- Alternaria spp.,Curvularia lunata, Penicillium spp.
- Aspergillus flavus, fumigatus, niger, terreus
- Bacillus cereus. thuringiensis
- Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, tropicalis
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Citrobacter freundii
- Cutibacterium (Probionibacterium) acnes
- Cytomegalovirus (Human Herpesvirus 5aa)
- Enterobacter cloacae complex, Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
- Enterococcus faecalis, faecium
- Enterovirus (pan)
- Epstein-Barr Virus (Human Herpesvirus 4)
- Escherichia coli
- Fusarium oxysporum, solani
- Fusobacterium nucleatum, necrophorumaHaemophilus influenza
- Herpes simplex virus 1, 2
- Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
- Microsporidia (Encephalitozoon hellum, cuniculi, Nosema (Vittaforma) ocularum)
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Morganella morgani
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis, haemolyticus, lugdunensis, saprophyticus
- Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep) - Varicella zoster virus (Human Herpesvirus 3)
- ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE:
- ACT, MIR, FOX, ACC Groups
- CTX-M1 (15), M2 (2), M9 (9), M8/25 Groups
- dfr (A1, A5), sul (1, 2)
- ermB, C; mefA
- IMP, NDM, VIM Groups
- mecA
- OXA-48, OXA-51
- qnrA1, A2, B2
- SHV, KPC Groups
- tet B, tet M
- VanA, VanB
- 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.)
- Additional Resources: