GastroIntestinal Specialist is pleased to announce the addition of the FilmArray® Gastrointestinal (GI) panel. The FilmArray panel tests for common GI pathogens including viruses, bacteria and parasites that cause infectious diarrhea.

Who Should be tested on the GI Panel?

  • Individuals with moderate-to-severe symptoms associated with acute diarrhea
  • Individuals at high risk of spreading diseases to others and during known or suspected outbreaks
  • Individuals with dysentery
  • Individuals with acute diarrhea lasting >7 days

1 test. 22 GI pathogens. Faster Results.

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BACTERIA:

  • Campylobacter (jejuni, coli, and upsaliensis)
  • Clostridium difficile (toxin A/B)
  • Plesiomonasshigelloides
  • Salmonella
  • Yersinia enterocolitica
  • Vibrio (parahaemolyticus, vulnificus, and cholerae)
  • Vibrio cholerae

DIARRHEAGENIC E. COLI/SHIGELLA:

  • Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
  • Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
  • Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st
  • Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2
  • E. coli O157
  • Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)

PARASITES:

  • Cryptosporidium
  • Cyclosporacayetanensis
  • Entamoebahistolytica
  • Giardia lamblia

VIRUSES:

  • Adenovirus F40/41
  • Astrovirus
  • Norovirus GI/GII
  • Rotavirus A
  • Sapovirus (I, II, IV, and V)

For testing information, please call (318) 631-9121.