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Antibiotic Testing by Organism
 

ORGANISM
(GENUS OR GROUP)

ROUTINE, IN-HOUSE
ANTIBIOTIC TESTING
AVAILABLE & APPROPRIATE

SPECIAL TESTING
AVAILABLE BY REQUEST
(FOR THESE AND OTHER ORGANISMS)

Call 505-938-8879 or 800-245-3296,
Ext. 8879
 

Acinetobacter sp.

Yes

Yes

Bacillus species

No*

Yes

Bacteroides sp.
(anaerobic Gram negative rod)

No

Yes

Burkholderia cepacia

No

Cystic fibrosis patients’ isolates sent to Columbia Univ. by special request only

Campylobacter

No

Yes

Clostridium sp
(anaerobic Gram positive rod)

No

Yes

Corynebacterium (diphtheroids)

Yes by special request only

Yes

Eikenella sp.

No *

Yes

Enteric Gram neg rods
(E. coli, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Proteus, etc.)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Enterococci

Yes

Yes

Haemophilus influenzae

beta lactamase testing only

Yes

Micrococcus species

No*

No*

Moraxella catarrhalis

No
(most are
beta
lactamase producers) *

Yes

Mycobacterium other than tuberculosis (MOTT)

No

Yes

(testing is only by consultation with the TriCore MedicalDirector or by request from an Infectious Disease physician) 

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

No
(all TB isolates sent to
NM State Lab)

 

Yes

 

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

beta lactamase testing only

Yes

Neisseria meningitidis

beta lactamase testing only

Yes

Neisseria not gonorrhoeae or meningococcus

No *

No *

Nocardia

No

Yes

(testing is only by consultation with the TriCore Medical Director or by request from an Infectious Disease physician)

Pasteurella multocida

Yes

Yes

Peptostreptococcus sp.(anaerobic Gram positive cocci)

No

Yes

Porphyromonas
(anaerobic Gram negative rod)

No

Yes

Prevotella
(anaerobic Gram negative rod)

No

Yes

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

Yes

Cystic fibrosis patients’ isolates sent to Columbia Univ. by special request only

Staphylococcus aureus

Yes

Yes

Salmonella

Yes from sterile body sites. Stool isolates are reported routinely only for children and elderly patients.

Yes

Shigella

Yes

Yes

Staphylococci coagulase negative — sterile body sites, significant urine colony counts, multiple blood culture sets, and single blood culture set on babies.

Yes

Yes

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Trimethoprim/sulfa only

Cystic fibrosis patients’ isolates sent to Columbia Univ. by special request only

Streptococci alpha hemolytic (viridans)

Yes, by request (endocarditis and sterile body site isolates), or routinely if from multiple positive blood culture sets.

Yes

Streptococci beta hemolytic (group A, B, etc.)

Yes, for sterile body sites. By request only for non-sterile sites. 

Yes

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Yes

Yes

Yeast and selected fungi

No

Yes

* No standardized procedures for testing and no interpretations are available. CLIA 1988 prohibits laboratories from routinely performing and reporting non-approved tests.

 

Source: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly NCCLS)

 

Note: This list is subject to change.

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