Nail Fungus
Our healthcare professionals can get quick, accurate results with one simple swab
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based panel for nail fungus (onychomycosis) tests for the following pathogens:
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Aspergillus niger
- Acremonium strictum
- Aspergillus terreus
- Aspergillus versicolor
- Alternaria
- Epidermophyton floccosum
- Fusarium solani
- Microsporum canis
- mecA gene (most common in MRSA)
The mecA gene transfers resistance to methicillin, penicillin and other penicillin-like antibiotics.
- Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
- Scytalidium dimidiatum
- Trichophyton interdigitale (T. mentagrophytes)