- COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
- Otitis media, ear pain, decreased or muffled hearing, bulging ear drum, drainage from ear, mastoiditis, redness or swelling behind ear lobe, fever, headache, or hearing loss.
- SPECIMEN TYPES:
- SWAB
- Nasopharyngeal/Nares, Oropharynx/Throat/Oral, Cough Sputum
- BACTERIAL
- Enterobacter cloacae complex, Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
- Fusobacterium nucleatum, necrophorum
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
- VIRAL
Adenovirus
Coronaviruses (229E, HKU1, NL63, & OC43)
COVID-19 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Enterovirus D68
Human metapneumovirus
Influenza virus A, B
Parainfluenza virus (types 1, 2, 3, 4)
Respiratory syncytial virus
Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
- 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)
mecA
OXA-48, OXA-51
qnrA1, A2, B2
SHV, KPC Groups
tet B, tet M