- Panel Description:
- Consider if patient presents with dysuria, hematuria, urgency of urination, frequency of micturition, bacteriuria, or pain of micturition.
- Sample Type:
- Urine (Voided), Urine (Catheter), Urethral 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
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Citrobacter freundii
- Enterobacter cloacae complex,
- Klebsiella (Enterobacter) aerogenes
- Enterococcus faecalis, faecium
- Escherichia coli
- Klebsiella pneumoniae, oxytoca
- Morganella morganii
- Proteus mirabilis, vulgaris
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Serratia marcescens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis, haemolyticus, lugdunensis, saprophyticus
- Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep)
- Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Strep)
- FUNGI
- Candida albicans, parapsilosis, tropicalis
- Candida glabrata
- Candida krusei
- 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
- 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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