- Panel Description:
- Consider if patient presents with skin erythema, edema, warmth, or cellulitis.
- Sample Type:
- Wound Swab
- 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/VIRAL
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Bacteroides fragilis, vulgatus
- Citrobacter freundii
- Clostridium perfringens, novyi, septicum
- Corynebacterium jeikeium, striatum, tuberculostearicum
- Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes
- Enterobacter cloacae complex,
- Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
- Enterococcus faecalis, faecium
- Escherichia coli
- Haemophilus influenza
- Herpes simplex virus 1, 2
- Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
- Mycoplasma genitalium, hominis
- Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Salmonella enterica
- Serratia marcescens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis, haemolyticus, lugdunensis, saprophvticus
- Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)
- Streptococcus pneumonia
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
- Varicella zoster virus (Human Herpesvirus 3)
- Vibrio cholerae, parahaemolyticus, vulnificus
- Fungi
- Aspergillus flavus, fumigatus, niger, terreus
- Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, tropicalis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
- Fusarium oxysporum, solani
- Malassezia furfur, restricta, sympodialis, globosa
- Microsporum audouini, canis, gypseum
- Trichophyton mentagraphophytes/ interdigitale, rubrum, soudanense, terrestre, tonsurans, verrucosum, violaceum
- Trichosporon mucoides, asahii
- 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
- ADD ON:
- Mpox (Monkeypox)
- 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: