Update
Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel: Enteric Organism Rapid
Detection Bacterial, Viral and Parasitic Infection by
Real-Time PCR Multiplex
Winter 2012/2013 - cases of the highly infectious norovirus have
increased significantly by about a quarter on the same time last
year. For all those confirmed and reported by laboratory testing,
there are likely to be hundreds more are unreported. The
level in December 2012 has been the highest for 5 years.
Cases of rotavirus which has similar symptoms of vomiting and
diarrhoea are also up by one third.
This is a qualitatative molecular multiplex diarrhoea test
intended for the simultaneous detection and identification of
multiple gastrointestinal pathogens including bacteria, viruses,
and parasites. Because the symptoms from viral, bacterial and
parasitic agents are often the same it is often difficult to
differentiate them - hence 80% of all cases of diarrhoea are
currently unidentified, and antibiotics are often inappropriately
used.
This is the first panel available that is able to cover 15 major
gastrointestinal pathogens in a single test:
Bacteria and bacterial toxins |
Viruses |
Salmonella |
Adenovirus 40/41 |
Shigella |
Rotavirus A |
Campylobacter |
Norovirus GI/II |
Clostridium difficile Toxin A/B |
|
Enterotoxigenic E. coli |
Parasites |
E. coli O157 |
Giardia |
Shiga-like Toxin producing E. coli |
Entamoeba histolytica |
Vibrio cholerae |
Cryptosporidium |
Yersinia enterocolitica |
|
A stool culture is not included and a separate sample and request
should be made for stool o/c/p and culture.
Test |
Code |
Sample
Type |
Turnaround Time |
Enteric Organism
Rapid Detection by real time PCR |
EORD |
Fresh stool
sample |
2 days |