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Nail Paronychia Hair Pathogens

  • Sample Type:
  • Nail Clipping, Paronychia Tissue, Hair Clipping
  • Microorganisms Key:
  • Fungal
  • Protozoal
  • Slow Growing
  • Streptococcus Species
  • Anaerobe
  • Not Typically Tested by Culture
  • Target Microorganisms Bacterial/Viral:
  • 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.2
  • Streptococcus agalactiae3
  • Streptococcus pyogenes4
  • 2 Coagulase negative species: S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. lugdunensis, S. saprophyticus
  • 3 Group B Strep (GBS)
  • 4 Group A Strep
  • Target Microorganisms Fungal:
  • Aspergillus flavus, fumigatus, niger, terreus
  • Blastomyces dermatitidis
  • Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, tropicalis
  • 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 Resistance Genes:
  • 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.)

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Southwest Labs’ Nail/Paronychia, Hair  assay utilizes the latest in quantitative RT-PCR (real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) technology to rapidly and reliably analyze patient samples. Rapidly detect and differentiate ~99%, this assay includes testing for the most common bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens

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