RTI: Level 1 – qPCR Panel

• Total 16S Bacterial Load and Resistance Genes
• Quinolone resistance
• Methicillin resistance
• Vancomycin resistance
• Beta-lactam resistance
• Carbapenem resistance
• Macrolide resistance
• Aminoglycoside resistance
• Tetracycline resistance
• Bactrim resistance
• Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase CTX-M resistance

Bacteria:

• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Haemophilus influenzae
• Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)
• Moraxella catarrhalis
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
• Mycobacterium avium complex (Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intercellulare)
• Mycobacterium abscessus group (Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliensis)

Level 2 – NGS compares the DNA to a library of over 50,000 microbial species.

* New York orders will only run qPCR for gene resistance followed by NGS, which compares the DNA to a library of over 50,000 microbial species.