Every Hour Counts in an Infected Wound.
Twelve targets across gram-positive (MRSA included), gram-negative, and Candida wound pathogens — from a single swab.
Diabetic foot ulcers and chronic non-healing wounds are polymicrobial almost by definition. Standard culture preferentially grows the loudest organisms and misses the fastidious species and yeasts that are quietly perpetuating the infection.
Our panel resolves 12 targets — including MRSA via mecA/C and three clinically relevant Candida species — from a single wound swab in 24–48 hours.
The clinical weight behind this panel.
Industry statistics from public-health bodies and peer-reviewed literature — context for why this testing matters.
Figures reflect publicly reported epidemiology and clinical literature for context only. They are not performance claims for the Chaseville Labs assay. See individual citations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, and peer-reviewed journals.
Conditions, syndromes & infections covered.
The clinical scenarios where this panel is the right call — built around the differential your providers are actually working through.
Chronic & High-Risk Wounds
3Polymicrobial almost by definition — MRSA, Pseudomonas, anaerobes, Enterococcus, and Candida all common.
Deep tissue infections with gram +/−, fungal, and viral pathogens — culture under-reports the drivers.
Wounds open >4 weeks despite standard care — fastidious organisms and biofilm-forming species often the cause.
Acute Surgical & Skin Infections
3Post-operative wound infection — every day of delayed organism ID raises readmission and reoperation risk.
Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA), and gram-negative drivers.
Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, MRSA, and yeast — the classic burn-unit organism profile.
Candida & Resistance Markers
2Candida albicans, C. glabrata, and C. tropicalis in chronic wounds and DFU.
Direct methicillin-resistance gene detection — no waiting for phenotypic susceptibility.
12 targets, resolved from a single specimen.
Each organism below is reported individually as Detected, Not Detected, or Inconclusive — grouped here by pathogen class for clinical scanability.
Gram-Positive
5 targetsGram-Negative
4 targetsFungi
3 targetsCulture was built for a different century.
Multiplex real-time PCR resolves what culture and rapid antigen miss — fastidious organisms, polymicrobial infections, viruses, and resistance markers — from a single specimen.
Culture & rapid antigen
- 3–5 daysPatient empirically treated before any answer arrives
- Misses fastidious & viral organismsNo growth ≠ no infection
- Single-organism biasPolymicrobial infections under-reported
- No resistance dataSusceptibilities arrive a day later, if at all
- Specimen-quality dependentPre-treated patients culture negative
Wound Care on Bio-Rad CFX384
- 24–48 hoursMost reports back the next clinical day
- 12 targets, one runBacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic in a single multiplex
- Detects what culture can'tFastidious organisms, viruses, and polymicrobial infections, all reported individually
- Validated LDTCLIA-certified, internally controlled, per-target Detected / Not Detected reporting
Per-target results, with clinical context.
Every analyte is reported individually as Detected, Not Detected, or Inconclusive. What a Detected result means clinically depends on which category the target falls into:
Staph and Strep species are the most common wound pathogens. mecA/C detection confirms MRSA and directs vancomycin, linezolid, or alternatives over beta-lactams.
Pseudomonas, E. coli, Klebsiella, and Acinetobacter typically indicate chronic, healthcare-associated, or deep-tissue infection and warrant broader gram-negative coverage with consideration of resistance markers.
Candida detection — particularly non-albicans species — explains wounds that fail antibacterial therapy and directs species-appropriate antifungal selection.