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Order Code LABGIPARASITE GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITE PANEL BY PCR

Additional Codes

ARUP Test ID: 2011150
EPIC Test Code: LABGIPARASITE

Ordering Recommendation

Do not order for patients with diarrhea developed during prolonged hospitalization. Use as a sensitive alternative to traditional, insensitive ova and parasite examinations of stool specimens for the evaluation of GI infections. Detects Cryptosporidium hominis and parvum, Cyclospora, cayetanensis, Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba histolytica, and Giardia lamblia/intestinalis/duodenalis

Specimen Requirements

 

1.    Collect 1 mL stool in sterile container.
2.    Leave specimen unpreserved; specimens in containers with preservatives will be rejected.

 

Specimen Stability

Ambient: Unacceptable
 Refrigerated: 2 weeks
 Frozen(preferred): 2 weeks
 

Storage/Transport Temperature: Frozen

Reference Value

Cryptosporidium by PCR Not Detected
Giardia by PCR Not Detected
Entamoeba histolytica by PCR Not Detected
Dientamoeba fragilis by PCR Not Detected
Cyclospora cayetanensis by PCR Not Detected

Performing Laboratory

ARUP Laboratories

Day(s) Test Set Up

Tue, Thurs, Sat

Methodology

Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

CPT Code

87505