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.
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 BACTERIA  | 
 PARASITES  | 
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 Campylobacter  | 
 Cryptosporidium  | 
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 Pleisiomonas shigelloides  | 
 Cyclospora cayetanensis  | 
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 Salmonella  | 
 Entamoeba histolytica  | 
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 Vibrio  | 
 Giardia lamblia  | 
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 Vibrio cholera  | 
 
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 Yersinia enterolitica  | 
 
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 DIARRHEAGENIC E.COLI/SHIGELLA  | 
 VIRUSES  | 
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 Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)  | 
 Adenovirus F 40/41  | 
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 Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC)  | 
 Astrovirus  | 
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 Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st  | 
 Norovirus GI/GII  | 
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 Shiga-like toxin producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2  | 
 Rotavirus A  | 
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 E. coli 0157  | 
 Sapovirus  | 
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 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