- Panel Description:
- Consider if patient presents with upper respiratory tract infection, high grade fever, dyspnea, cough, sputum production, hypoxia & chest X-ray opacity.
- Sample Type:
- Cough Sputum, Nares, Nasopharyngeal, Oral, Oropharynx, Throat
- 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
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Bordetella pertussis, parapertussis, bronchiseptica
- Chlamydia pneumonia
- Enterobacter cloacae complex,
- Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
- Escherichia coli
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
- Legionella pneumophila
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Mycoplasma pneumonia
- Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
- Pseudomonas
- Serratia marcescens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)
- Streptococcus pneumonia
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
- VIRUS
- Adenovirus HAdV-B
- COVID-19 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
- Enterovirus D68
- Human metapneumovirus
- Influenza virus A. B
- Coronaviruses (229E, NL63, HKU1, 0C43)
- Parainfluenza virus (types 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Respiratory svncvtial virus
- Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
- 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
- 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.)
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