Test Code GI Panel Gastrointestinal Panel
Performing Laboratory
Memorial Hospital-Microbiology Laboratory | 304-388-9353 |
Test Profile
Toxigenic C. difficile will continue to be offered as a separate test.
BACTERIA |
PARASITES |
Campylobacter |
Cryptosporidium |
Pleisiomonas shigelloides |
Cyclospora cayetanensis |
Salmonella |
Entamoeba histolytica |
Vibrio |
Giardia lamblia |
Vibrio cholera |
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Yersinia enterolitica |
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DIARRHEAGENIC E.COLI/SHIGELLA |
VIRUSES |
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) |
Adenovirus F 40/41 |
Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC) |
Astrovirus |
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st |
Norovirus GI/GII |
Shiga-like toxin producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2 |
Rotavirus A |
E. coli 0157 |
Sapovirus |
Shigella/Enteroinvasive E.coli (EIEC) |
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Specimen Requirements
Stool only acceptable specimen collected in a sterile cup. Store in refrigerator until transport to lab.
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Colonoscopy specimens
Methodology
PCR
CPT Coding
87507