Products & Targets

Product

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PN-900 CandidaGenius® C. auris screening assay (50 rxn)  

Target

• Candida auris

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Features & benefits

• To detect and identify Candida auris DNA after nucleic acid extraction from noninvasive swabs
• Direct identification from ESwab - no culturing required
• Targets the ITS gene to determine the presence of Candida auris
• Results in under 1.5 hours
• Compatible with multiple PCR instruments
• Internal Control included
• Positive Control included

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Real-time PCR instruments

• LightCycler 480 II (Roche)
• Rotor-Gene Q (Qiagen)
• CFX96 (Biorad)
• Quantstudio 5 (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Mic qPCR cycler (Bio Molecular Systems)

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Specimen

• ESwabs from nares, mouth/throat, perineum, bilateral axillae and groin

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Quality

• For Research Use Only (RUO)
• Not for use in clinical diagnostic procedures