Test Code GIPCR Gastrointestinal Panel with reflex to C.difficile toxin A/B
Additional Codes
LAB3285
Specimen Transport Temperature in Cary Blair Media
Refrigerated: 4 days
Ambient: 4 days
C.difficile Toxin 24 hours Refrigerated.
Specimen Requirements
Outpatient -
Collect raw stool specimen and place in Cary Blair transport container within 2 hours of collection
Inpatient –
Collect raw stool specimen in sterile container and transport to lab immediately (within 1 hour)
Methodology
Multiplexed Nucleic Acid Test using Filmarray Instrument.
Includes the detection of :
- Campylobacter (C.jejuni/C.coli/C.upsaliensis)
- Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) toxin A/B
- Plesiomonas shigelloides
- Salmonella
- Vibrio (V. parahaemolyticus/V. vulnificus/V. cholera), including specific identification of Vibrio cholerae
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
- Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETAC) lt/st
- Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) stx1/stx2 (including specific identification of the E.coli O157 serogroup within STEC)
- Cryptosporidium
- Cyclospora cayetensis
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia duodenalis
- Adenovirus F 40/41
- Astrovirus
- Norovirus GI/GII
- Rotavirus A
- Sapovirus (Genogroups I,II,IV, and V)
Testing and Treatment Algorithm
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
CPT 87507
CPT 87324
Reference Values
Normal result: Negative for viral nucleic acid
Abnormal result: Positive for viral nucleic acid
Clinical Utility
The FilmArray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel is a qualitative multiplexed nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic test intended for use with FilmArray systems. The FilmArray GI Panel is capable of the simultaneous detection and identification of nucleic acids from multiple bacteria, viruses, and parasites directly from stool samples in Cary Blair transport media obtained from individuals with signs and/or symptoms of gastrointestinal infection. The following bacteria (including several diarrheagenic E. coli/Shigella pathotypes), parasites, and viruses are identified using the FilmArray GI Panel:
• Campylobacter (C. jejuni/C. coli/C. upsaliensis)
• Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) toxin A/B
• Plesiomonas shigelloides
• Salmonella
• Vibrio (V. parahaemolyticus/V. vulnificus/ V. cholerae), including specific identification of
Vibrio cholerae
• Yersinia enterocolitica
• Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)
• Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
• Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) lt/st
• Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) stx1/stx2 (including specific identification
of the E. coli O157 serogroup within STEC)
• Shigella/ Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC)
• Cryptosporidium
• Cyclospora cayetanensis
• Entamoeba histolytica
• Giardia duodenalis (also known as G. intestinalis and G. lamblia)
• Adenovirus F 40/41
• Astrovirus
• Norovirus GI/GII
• Rotavirus A
• Sapovirus (Genogroups I, II, IV, and V)
The FilmArray GI Panel is indicated as an aid in the diagnosis of specific agents of gastrointestinal illness and results are meant to be used in conjunction with other clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological data. Positive results do not rule out co-infection with organisms not included in the FilmArray GI Panel. The agent detected may not be the definite cause of the disease.
Concomitant culture is necessary for organism recovery and further typing of bacterial agents.
This device is not intended to monitor or guide treatment for C. difficile infection.