Description
NOTE: This product is an add on product and is only purchasable in conjunction with the gastrointestinal digestive stool analysis test. To get this test on it’s own, please contact us here.
NOTE: This test is ONLY AVAILABLE TO AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS.
The DNA PCR Stool Test
PCR testing is a sensitive method for the detection of ten major enteric pathogens. The faecal PCR test detects parasite and bacterial DNA, making it a more accurate technique than a standard Micro, Culture and Sensitivity (MC&S) that would normally be requested by conventional laboratories.The faecal PCR profile is capable of rapid, specific and sensitive detection of the bacterial and parasitic pathogens most commonly responsible for causing infectious gastroenteritis that may otherwise go undetected by traditional microbiological techniques. PCR is based on molecular screening of parasites rather than detection of parasites based on examination of stool under a microscope.
Analytes
PCR detection with identification value of 10 parasitic & bacterial organisms Aeromonas spp, Blastocystis hominis, Campylobacter spp, Cryptosporidium, Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, Salmonella spp, Shigella spp, Yersinia enterocolitica
Test Method
(PCR) Polymerase Chain Reaction
What is tested in the MulitPLEX- PCR test?
Parasites:
- Giardia intestinalis
- Cryptosporidium
- Dienamoeba fragilis
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Blastocystis hominis
Bacteria:
- Campylobacter spp
- Salmonella spp
- Shigella spp
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Aeromonas spp
Conditions:
- Gastrointestinal and Digestive Health
- Abdominal pain
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Excess wind
- Nutritional and Dietary Symptoms
- Chronic exhaustion/Fatigue
- Other Health Conditions
- Diarrhoea
- IBS
- Never satisfied or full after meals
- Patients that have been on a recent vacation
- Skin and Dermatological Health
- Skin irritations
About The Test
All tests come with full instructions, including a pre-authorised practitioner script.
Home test kits come with everything you need to complete the test, including free express post return postage to the laboratory.
All pathology test kits come with a preauthorised script (including test kit/s if required) to take to your local pathology test centre.
You can click here to find a pathology near you.
Turn-around time: 24 hours
