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HelpTest Code GIARAY GI Pathogen Array, Feces
Performing Laboratory
St Clair Hospital Laboratory
Day(s) Set Up
Sunday through Friday
Specimen Requirements
Specimen must arrive within 96 hours of collection.
Specimen Type: Preserved Stool
Container Type: Para-PakR C&S transort vial: 15 ml of an isotonic non-nutritive buffered solution specific for recover of enteric pathogens from fecal specimens.
Collection Instructions: Collect fresh stool and add an amount, using built-in collection spoon, to raise level of liquid in vial to the "Add Specimen to this Line" marked on the outside of the vial. This will be about 1 gram or 5 mls of stool.
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)