pharmacogenetics testing lab TXOne hour. One measly little hour. How fast can your day change in one hour? You can take a test in one hour, take a nap for one hour, read a chapter of a good book in one hour, take a lunch break for one hour, and of course, now you can get molecular testing panels back in one hour! What?!? Folks, we aren’t kidding. If you are located in Abilene, TX and your patient needs molecular testing, guess how long it will take to get your results? Only one hour! At Pharmacogenetic Testing, we provide fast and accurate molecular panel screening results so that you can treat your patient as fast as possible.

Our Panels

Within our testing lab, we have 3 different molecular panels that can be crucial to the vitality of your patient. Each panel is categorized into different mechanisms of illness: respiratory, gastrointestinal, and blood culture identification. These combined panels total 69 different targets. This can be a real game changer for patients in hypovolemic shock or sepsis. Below is a list of our molecular testing panels broken down:

Respiratory Panel:

Viruses Tested For

  • Adenovirus
  • Coronavirus HKU1
  • Coronavirus NL63
  • Coronavirus 229E
  • Coronavirus OC43
  • Human Metapneumovirus
  • Rhinovirus/Enterovirus
  • Influenza A
  • Influenza A/H1
  • Influenza A/H1-2009
  • Influenza A/H3
  • Influenza B
  • Parainfluenza 1
  • Parainfluenza 2
  • Parainfluenza 3
  • Parainfluenza 4
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Bacteria Tested For

  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Chlamydophila pneumoniae
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Gastrointestinal Panel:

Bacteria

  • Campylobacter (jejuni, coli and upsaliensis)
  • Clostridium difficile (toxin A/B)
  • Plesiomonas shigelloides
  • Salmonella
  • Yersinia enterocolitica
  • Vibrio (parahaemolyticus, vulnificus and cholerae)
    • Vibrio cholera
  • Diarrheagenic E. coli/Shigella
  • Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
  • Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
  • Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st
  • Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2
    • coli O157
  • Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)

Parasites

  • Cryptosporidium
  • Cyclospora cayetanensis
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Giardia lamblia

Viruses

  • Adenovirus F 40/41
  • Astrovirus
  • Norovirus GI/GII
  • Rotavirus A
  • Sapovirus (I, II, IV and V)

Blood Culture Identification Panel:

Gram + Bacteria

  • Enterococcus
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Staphylococcus
    • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus
    • Streptococcus agalactiae
    • Streptococcus pyogenes
    • Streptococcus pneumoniae

Gram – Bacteria

  • Enterobacteriaceae
    • Enterobacter cloacae complex
    • Escherichia coli
    • Klebsiella oxytoca
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Proteus
    • Serratia marcescens
  • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Yeast

  • Candida albicans
  • Candida glabrata
  • Candida krusei
  • Candida parapsilosis
  • Candida tropicalis

Antibiotic Resistance

  • mecA – methicillin resistant
  • vanA/B – vancomycin resistant
  • KPC – carbapenem resistant

Fast, accurate results are characteristics that set our testing lab apart from the rest of the country, not just Abilene, TX. If you need molecular panels for a patient, Pharmacogenetic Testing can get the job done. Call us today at (833) 749-5227.