- COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
- Eye pain, eye redness, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, excessive tearing, and/or eye discharge.
- SPECIMEN TYPES:
- SWAB
- Eye (external swab), Eye (internal fluid aspirate)
- BACTERIAL
Acinetobacter baumannii
Chlamydia trachomatis
Citrobacter freundii
Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes
Enterobacter cloacae complex, Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
Enterococcus faecalis, faecium
Escherichia coli
Fusarium oxysporum, Neocosmospora solani
Haemophilus influenzae
Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
Moraxella catarrhalis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
- VIRAL
Adenovirus
Cytomegalovirus (Human Herpesvirus 5, CMV)
Enterovirus (pan)
Epstein-Barr Virus (Human Herpesvirus 4, EBV)
Herpes simplex virus 1, 2
Varicella zoster virus (Human Herpesvirus 3, VZV)
- PROTOZOAL
Acanthamoeba castellani, polyphaga; Vermamoeba (Hartmannella) vermiformis
Microsporidia (Encephalitozoon hellum, cuniculi, Nosema (Vittaforma) ocularum)
- FUNGAL
Aspergillus flavus, fumigatus, niger, terreus
Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis, tropicalis
Fusarium oxysporum, Neocosmospora solani
- 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