- Panel Description:
- Consider if patient presents with acute diarrhea, +/-nausea, vomiting, fever, or abdominal pain < 14 days.
- Sample Type:
- Rectal (fecal), Stool
- Microorganisms Key:
- Fungal
- Protozoal
- Slow Growing
- Streptococcus Species
- Anaerobe
- Not Typically Tested by Culture
- Fungal
- Protozoal
- Slow Growing
- Streptococcus Species
- Anaerobe
- Not Typically Tested by Culture
- Target Microorganisms:
- BACTERIA
- Campylobacter jejuni, coli
- Clostridioides difficile (toxins A, B)
- Enteroaggregative E coli (EAEC)
- Enteroinvase E coli (EIEC)/Shigella sp
- Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
- Enterotoxigenic E coli (ETEC)
- Listeria monocvtogenes
- Salmonella enterica
- Shiga toxin-producing E coli (STEC)
- Shiga toxin-producing E coli 0157 (STEC 0157)
- Vibrio cholerae, parahaemolyticus, vulnificus
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Viral
- Adenovirus HAdV-F, HAdV-G
- Astrovirus, Sapovirus G1, G2
- Norovirus (Genogroup 1, 2)
- Rotavirus A, B
- Parasites
- Cryptosporidium spp (parvum, hominis, felis)
- Cyclospora cayetanensis,
- Cystoisospora belli
- Dientamoeba fragilis,
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia lamblia (intestinalis)
- Microsporidium (Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon intestinalis)
- ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE:
- ACT, MIR, FOX, ACC Groups
- CTX-M1 (15), M2 (2), M9 (9), M8/25 Groups
- dfr (A1, A5), sul (1, 2)
- ermB, C; mefA
- IMP, NDM, VIM Groups
- mecA
- OXA-48, OXA-51
- qnrA1, A2, B2
- SHV, KPC Groups
- tet B, tet M
- VanA, VanB
- Expected turnaround time:
Within 48 hours (TAT is the interval starting when a specimen and order are received in the laboratory and ends with release of the test result.)
- Additional Resources: