Identify and isolate pathogenic fungal with FungID prepared-culture media

Meet FungID^™

A unique system for culturing and identifying dermatophytes

Accurate and Easy Convenient Rapid Results

InTray^® FungID is a POC, mycology culture device, easy to use, selective and specific to a wide array of fungal and yeast pathogens.
FungID fungal culture device is convenient and effective culture media, with extended 12-27 month room temperature storage. (depending on product)
The medium is formulated to produce distinctive colony growth with typical identifying characteristics both macro and microscopically.
The medium inhibits most gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, yeast and saprophytic fungi. .

Ready-to-use diagnostic test medium — no preparation of medium necessary.
Extended shelf life, easy storage — InTray DM FungID has a 27 month shelf life

With results as early as 48 hours after inoculation, you will have an accurate detection of the fungal infection, allowing for timely and effective treatment of your patients.

Product:	Detects:
InTray® DM-FungID™	T. mentagrophytes \| T. rubrum \| T. tonsurans \| M. gypseum
InTray PDA FungID	A. brasiliensis \| C. albicans \| S. cerevisae \| T. metagrophytes
InTray SAB-FungID w/cc	T. mentagrophtytes \| T. rubrum \| C. albicans
InTray SAB FungID	T. mentagrophtytes \| T. rubrum \| C. albicans
InTray COLOREX Yeast	C. albicans \| C. tropicalis \| C. kreusei \| C. glabrata

FungID products contain very similar nutrients/compounds; however, the main difference is that InTray DM FungID's dermatophyte media has a ‘presumptive’ dermatophyte positive color change indicator, phenol red. This molecule gives a yellow color in acidic microenvironments and turns to red in alkali conditions. Dermatophyte fungi generally turn DM media from yellow to red as soon as the fungal colony can be seen with the naked eye.

As standard procedure, most clinical labs use SAB w/CC as their primary plating media for dermatophytes. InTray SAB w/ CC has the additional benefit of 100x magnification microscopy direct from InTray device — with no need for replating.

InTray improves efficiency because the culture can be scanned directly for fungal hyphae that have distinguishing morphology (micro/macro conidia et al) that may be worth the effort of further work-up. For some species of fungi, diagnostic morphology can be distinguished from InTray 100x magnification alone.

InTray FungID is selective for:

M. canis M. gypseum T. mentagrophytes T. equinum T. verrucosum M. nanum

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Saphrophytic Fungi or Bacteria?

A color change may occasionally be produced by a specimen heavily contaminated with saprophytic fungi or bacteria. However, differentiation from dermatophytes can be made as follows:

Dermatophyte

A color change appears in the medium with colony growth—colony pigments are usually light colored.

Saprophyte Fungi

Colony growth is well established before any color change appears in the medium—colony pigments are usually dark colored.

Bacteria

The morphology of bacterial colonies differs from the morphology of fungal colonies.

Validation Studies and Papers

A color change may occasionally be produced by a specimen heavily contaminated with saprophytic fungi or bacteria. However, differentiation from dermatophytes can be made as follows: