- Panel Description:
- Consider if patient presents with scaly ring-shaped area, itchiness, scaly skin, or noninflamed dermatosis on the body or hair follicle (tinea capitis or tinea barbae).resents with skin erythema, edema, warmth, or cellulitis.
- Sample Type:
- Tinea 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:
- FUNGI
- Candida albicans, glabrata, parapsilosis,tropicalis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
- Malassezia furfur, restricta, sympodialis, globosa
- Microsporum audouinii, canis, gypseum
- Trichophyton mentagraphophytes, interdigitale, rubrum, soudanense, terrestre, tonsurans, verrucosum, violaceum
- 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: