- COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
- Consider if patient presents with acute diarrhea ,+/- nausea, vomiting, fever, or abdominal pain that lasts less than 14 days
- SPECIMEN TYPES:
- SWAB
- Rectal (fecal), Stool
- Fungal
- Protozoal
- Slow Growing
- Streptococcus Species
- Anaerobe
- Not Typically Tested by CulturE
- BACTERIAL
Campylobacter coli, jejuni, upsaliensis
Clostridioides difficile (toxins A, B)
Clostridium perfringens
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) / Shigella spp.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
Listeria monocytogenes
Salmonella
- Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC)
- Shiga toxin producing E. coli O157 (STEC O157)
- Vibrio cholerae, parahaemolyticus, vulnificus
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- VIRAL
Adenovirus F40/41
Astrovirus
Norovirus (Genogroup 1, 2)
Rotavirus A, B, C
Sapovirus
- ADD-ON(S)
Chlamydia trachomatis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Trichomonas vaginalis
- 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
OXA-48, OXA-51
qnrA1, A2, B2
SHV, KPC Groups
tet B, tet M
VanA, VanB