Molecular Gastro (GI)

Gastroenteritis Pathogens are unidentified with conventional treatments. 

GI infections can be viral, bacterial, or parasitic causing inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. What’s most concerning is that according to CDC, GI-related deaths have significantly increased over recent years with patients having persistent symptoms requiring extensive evaluation. 

What’s behind this increased rate?

Treatments for patients with serious symptoms include antibiotics or other conventional techniques depending on the suspected pathogen. These types of gastrointestinal diagnostic treatments pose limitations and often result in prolonged symptoms, repeated and subsequent testing, and even poor clinical outcomes.

Traditional lab tests are also labor-intensive and often lack the suitable sensitivity needed for effective results. Many also require strict collection techniques and variable transport media to preserve the specimen and minimize bacterial overgrowth.

A clinically advantageous solution.

While most GI infections are common and fortunately do not require medical attention, for serious cases, SR Scientific offers an outstanding solution to eliminate the guesswork so that providers can treat patients more efficiently.  SR Scientific utilizes Real-Time PCR for pathogen identification to detect and quantify a broad list of bacteria, viruses, and parasites.

  • Detects polymicrobial infections at once
  • Provides an accurate diagnosis
  • Unaffected by concurrent antibiotic use
  • Decreases additional unnecessary diagnostic testing
  • Improves antibiotic stewardship
  • Reduction of unnecessary drug exposure and adverse events
  • Decrease patient risks
  • Eliminates subjectivity and improves clinical confidence
  • Improves patient satisfaction

GI Pathogen Targets

Bacterial:

Campylobacter (jejuni, coli, and upsaliensis)

Clostridium difficile (toxin A/B)

Plesiomonas shigelloides

Salmonella

Yersinia enterocolitica

Vibrio (parahaemolyticus, vulnificus, and cholerae)

Vibrio cholerae

 

 

 

 

 

Diarrheagenic E. Coli /Shigella

Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st

Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2

E. coli O157

Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)

 

 

Parasites:

Cryptosporidium

Cyclospora cayetanensis

Entamoeba histolytica

Giardia lamblia

 

Viruses:

Adenovirus F40/41

Astrovirus

Norovirus GI/GII

Rotavirus A

Sapovirus (I, II, IV, and V)