PCR – UTI Pathogen Identification & Resistance Gene Detection

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C&S can miss up to 67% of UTI Infections

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Benefits of Chronetyx UTI Assay

We can detect bacteria in a higher number of symptomatic patients than with urine culture. PCR can also detect more polymicrobial infections compared to urine culture. Culture-based testing alone can miss up to 67% of UTI infections1. With the rise in antimicrobial resistance, our PCR testing can detect both the pathogens and associated antibiotic resistance genes within a day leading to the right treatment and best outcomes for the patients.
1The Clinical Urine Culture: Enhanced Techniques Improve Detection of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 May;54(5):1216-22. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00044-16. Epub 2016 Mar 9. PMID: 26962083; PMCID: PMC4844725.

Antibiotic Resistance is recognized by the CDC and WHO as one of the greatest threats to public health worldwide. AMR occurs when bacteria mutate over time and no longer respond to antibiotics, making infections challenging to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death.

Accuracy Matters – PCR vs. Culture

When an accurate diagnosis matters, speed of pathogen identification and clinical actionability are key. Chronetyx’s PCR testing detects what traditional culture misses, particularly the known organisms and pathogens that are especially difficult, if not impossible, to culture.

Chronetyx Automated
Molecular Assay

Traditional
Culture Assay

Cost Effective
Advanced molecular testing is now on par with traditional C&S cost
Faster Results
Results within a day
Results can take 3-5 days
More Sensitive
Our gene detection technology can detect minute amounts of pathogenic material
Only detects what grows
More Specific
Our technology identifies each targeted pathogen in a patient specimen
Often yields “mixed flora” results with no specificity of pathogens
Better Stewardship
Rapid, precise Pathogen ID & Antibiotic Resistance enables targeted antibiotic therapy – the first time
Slow results often leads to broad-spectrum empiric use and antibiotic over-utilization
Unaffected by Antibiotics
Our technology is not affected by patients’ antibiotic use
Antibiotic use may inhibit the growth of cultures

Chronetyx assist providers by detecting Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistant Genes within hours of receiving the patient’s specimen. Rapid molecular testing removes guesswork by clinicians, and helps patients receive an antibiotic that works – the first time.

Our UTI Technology

Chronetyx UTI pathogen assay incorporates the latest in PCR technology to analyze your patient’s sample rapidly and reliably. We utilize our in-house informatically driven automated PCR platform technology that removes the potential for human error and produces the highest specificity and sensitivity in the market. Our assay accurately detects and differentiates greater than 99% of the most relevant viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens, and associated antibiotics resistance genes.

CYX – UTI Pathogen and Anitibiotic Resistance Gene Panel

We provide the most rapid, sensitive, and specific Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) pathogen detection and associated antibiotic resistance gene panel test available anywhere in the world.
Patients and clinicians know within 24hrs if the antibiotic they were prescribed is the right one.

  • Same day or next morning Results – depends on when the specimen is received.
  • PCR detection technology is diagnostically the most specific and sensitive technology available to detect both pathogen and other genes that confer resistance to antibiotic therapy.
  • 99% accuracy for sensitivity and specificity for all present pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes.
  • Our UTI assay targets both Pathogen and antimicrobial resistance gene.
  • Our UTI assay detects pathogens that traditional cultures often miss.
  • Detailed antibiotic sensitivity leads to better antibiotic utilization and stewardship.
  • Rapid actionable results in less than 24hrs informing clinicians and patients that they are on the right antibiotic treatment.
  • Traditional lab culture techniques turn-around times can range from three days to more than a week to get a finalized pathology report.
  • Less than 1% of microbes can be grown in the lab. Lab culture techniques often fail to grow and are prone to error.
  • Cultures are prone to errors, especially complicated infections.
  • Detailed drug sensitivity leads to more precise use of antibiotics.

Chronetyx offers the most specific, sensitive, and rapid informatically driven fully automated PCR platform technology for Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) available anywhere in the world. We identify the selected pathogenic microbes within a sample with 99.99% accuracy. The PCR results for the selected pathogens and reflexed antibiotic resistance biomarkers. We offer the most stringent antibiotic resistance biomarker panel in the industry.