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HelpTest Code GIARAY Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel, PCR, Feces
Performing Laboratory
St Clair Hospital Laboratory
Day(s) Set Up
Sunday through Saturday
Specimen Requirements
Container/Tube:
Preferred: Culture and Sensitivity Stool Transport Media (Cary Blair) - Orange Lid
Specimen Volume: Representative portion of feces
Collection Instructions:
1. Collect fresh fecal specimen and submit 1 gram or 5 mL in container with transport medium.
2. Within 2 hours of collection, place feces in preservative.
3. Submit preserved feces in original container. Do not aliquot.
4. If unpreserved specimens are received, testing will be canceled.
Additional Information:
Specimen must arrive within 96 hours of collection.
The specimen should be kept at room temperature.
Reference Values
Useful For-
Rapid detection of gastrointestinal infections caused by:
-Campylobacter species (Campylobacter jejuni/Campylobacter coli/ Campylobacter upsaliensis
-Plesiomonas shigelloides
-Salmonella species
-Vibrio species (Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio cholerae)
-Vibrio cholerae
-Yersinia enterocolitica
-Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)
-Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
-Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
-Shiga toxin
-Escherichia coli O157
-Shigella/Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC)
-Cryptosporidium species
-Cyclospora cayetanensis
-Entamoeba histolytica
-Giardia
-Adenovirus F40/41
-Astrovirus
-Norovirus GI/GII
-Rotavirus A
-Sapovirus
Reference Values:
Negative (for all targets)
Methodology
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)