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HelpTest Code LAB10594 GI PANEL
Performing Laboratory
Mohawk Valley Health System Laboratory
Day(s) Performed
Performed: Daily
Routine TAT: Same Day
Available as a STAT test
Intended Use
Rapid detection of gastrointestinal infections caused by:
-Campylobacter species (Campylobacter jejuni/Campylobacter coli/Campylobacter upsaliensis)
-Clostridioides difficile toxin A/B
-Plesiomonas shigelloides
-Salmonella species
-Vibrio species (Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio cholerae)
-Vibrio cholerae
-Yersinia species
-Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)
-Enteropathogenic E coli (EPEC)
-Enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC)
-Shiga toxin
-E coli O157
-Shigella/Enteroinvasive E coli (EIEC)
-Cryptosporidium species
-Cyclospora cayetanensis
-Entamoeba histolytica
-Giardia
-Adenovirus F 40/41
-Astrovirus
-Norovirus GI/GII
-Rotavirus A
-Sapovirus
This test is not recommended as a test of cure.
Specimen Collection and Handling
Collection Instructions:
1. Collect fresh fecal specimen and submit 1 gram or 5 mL in container with transport medium.
2. Place feces in preservative within 2 hours of
Collection.
3. Submit preserved feces in original container. Do not aliquot.
4. If unpreserved specimens received, testing will be canceled.
Ordering Guidance
It is not recommended that the following tests be concomitantly ordered if this test is ordered:
-VIBC / Vibrio Culture, Feces
-ROTA / Rotavirus Antigen, Feces
-LADV / Adenovirus, Molecular Detection, PCR, Varies
-GIAR / Giardia Antigen, Feces
-CRYPS / Cryptosporidium Antigen, Feces
-CYCL / Cyclospora Stain, Feces
-STL / Enteric Pathogens Culture, Feces
-CAMPC / Campylobacter Culture, Feces
-SHIGC / Shigella Culture, Feces
-SALMC / Salmonella Culture, Feces
-YERSC / Yersinia Culture, Feces
-E157C / Escherichia coli O157:H7 Culture, Feces
-STFRP / Shiga Toxin, Molecular Detection, PCR, Feces
-CDPCR / Clostridioides difficile Toxin, PCR, Feces
-LNORO / Norovirus PCR, Molecular Detection, Feces