- COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
- Chronic or complicated ear, nose, or throat infection.
- SPECIMEN TYPES:
- SWAB
- Nasopharyngeal/Nares, Oropharynx/Throat/Oral, Ear, Sino-Nasal
- BACTERIAL
Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes
Enterobacter cloacae complex, Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
Enterococcus faecalis, faecium
Escherichia coli
Fusobacterium nucleatum, necrophorum
Haemophilus influenzae
Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
Moraxella catarrhalis
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 (HumanHerpesvirus 4, EBV)
Herpes simplex virus 1, 2
Varicella zoster virus (Human Herpesvirus 3, VZV)
- 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