Test Name
Wound Panel With Reflex to Antibiotic Resistance Panel
Test detection includes
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Acremonium strictum
- Actinotignum schaalii
- Alternaria species
- Anaerococcus prevotii
- Aspergillus species
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Bartonella henselae
- Candida albicans
- Candida auris
- Candida glabrata
- Candida parapsilosis
- Candida tropicalis
- Citrobacter freundii
- Citrobacter koseri
- Coagulase Negative Staphylococci
- Corynebacterium riegelii
- Corynebacterium striatum
- Corynebacterium urealyticum
- Cutibacterium acnes
- Enterobacter aerogenes
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Enterobacter hormaechei
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Enterococcus faecium
- Epidermophyton floccosum
- Escherichia coli
- Finegoldia magna
- Fusarium solani
- Klebsiella oxytoca
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Microsporum andouinii
- Microsporum canis
- Microsporum species
- Morganella morganii
- Mycoplasma hominins
- Pantoea
- Peptoniphilus saccharolytic
- Peptostreptococcus anaerobic
- Prevotella bivia
- Proteus mirabilis
- Proteus vulgaris
- Providencia stuartii
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
- Serratia marcescens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Staphylococcus haemolyticus
- Streptococci viridans group
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Trichophyton species
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Trichophytum verrucosum
- Varicella zoster
Specimen Type
Swab in Universal Transport Media (UTM)
Specimen Acceptability
3 Days Room Temperature
CPT Code(s)
87801, 87640, 87641, 87653, 87481
Special Instructions
If the wound is bandaged, remove the dressing and clean the wound with sterile water or normal saline solution prior to collection.
Collect specimens from the center of the wound, not from the wound’s edges, as they might be contaminated with outside skin flora. Then use a sterile swab or syringe to obtain a sample of the drainage in the wound.
Volume
2 mL
Sample Container
UTM Vial
