MRSA Testing Panel

Tem-PCR a Paradigm Shift in MRSA Testing

Tem-PCR technology represents a true paradigm shift in how healthcare facilities can screen, confirm, and treat MRSA infections.   The power of Tem-PCR utilized by DIATHERIX Laboratories provides physicians superior diagnostic capabilities not available in any other molecular MRSA testing platform.  Unlike all other molecular based MRSA testing products the DIATHERIX Laboratories Staph Differentiation Panel uses Tem-PCR technology to identify multiple types of staph, differentiate between hospital acquired and community acquired strains, and identify the associated drug resistance of the pathogen in a single test.  This comprehensive result provides healthcare professionals with a full diagnosis of a patient's infection,  rather than a simple screening result provided by other molecular assays that merely inform physicians that a patient has a form of staph that may be MRSA.  Tem-PCR testing provides physicians with a complete diagnostic result which alleviates the need for additional reflexing or sensitivity testing. 

The Tem-PCR Difference

The power of Tem-PCR affords clinicians the ability to use Molecular Differential Diagnostics (MDD) to not only identify staph but differentiate between multiple strains of the organism.  In  addition, Tem-PCR provides the drug resistance of the pathogen in the  initial test.   Other molecular or RT-PCR assays do not have the ability to test for multiple pathogens or subtypes in a single reaction.   As a result, differentiation of strain, drug resistance, CAI or HAI identification require additional testing and increased time and cost to achieve the same result provided by Tem-PCR in the initial staph test.  The ability to provide physicians with a complete staph diagnosis with initial testing allows physicians to treat patients more quickly and appropriately.     

 

Staphylococcus Differentiation Panel     

 

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
MRSA  
  Community associated type with PVL
  Healthcare associated types  
Methicillin resistant Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus strains

Antibiotic Resistances:  
  Aminoglycoside resistance

  Cephalosporin resistance
  Erythromycin/Clindamycin resistance

  Methicillin resistance
  Tetracycline resistance
  Vancomycin resistance