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Gastrointestinal Infection Array (GIIA)

Important Note

This test is only for Nationwide Children's Hospital patients that present with green-capped Cary Blair media. Order a "TRACK" and enter comments for this test. Send a copy of the original order and insurance card with the specimen to main lab. Specimen will be couriered to Nationwide Children's for testing.

*NOTE: The pictured media is different than what BVH uses. Pay close attention to the container received.

Infectious

Specimen Requirements

5g stool in Cary-Blair transport container

Specimen Stability

Stool: Cary Blair transport container- Room temperature 24 hour(s)
Stool: Cary Blair transport container- Refrigerated 72 hour(s)

Methodology

Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Panel Includes

Testing includes- Bacteria: Camplyobacter (C.jejuni/C.coli/C.upsaliensis), Clostridium difficile (toxinA/B), Plesiomonas shigelloides, Salmonella, Vibrio (V. parahaemolyticus/V. vulnificus/v. cholerae), Vibro cholerae, Yersinia enterocolitica. Diarrheagenic E.Coli/Shigella: Enteroaggregatvie E.coli (EAEC), EnteropathogenicE.coli (EPEC), Enterotoxigenic E.coil (ETEC) it/st, Shiga-like toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) stx1/stx2, E.coli 0157, Shigella/Enteroinvasive E.coli (EIEC). Viruses: Adenovirus F 40/41, Astrovirus, Norovirus GI/GII, Rotavirus A, Sapovirus (Genogroups I, II, III, and IV). Parasites: Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia