Description

The GI360™ provides a comprehensive analysis of pathogens, viruses, parasites, and bacteria in the gastrointestinal system. Analysis is performed by a combination of multiplex PCR, MALDI-TOF, and microscopy.

The following are included:

Acetate

Actinobacteria

Actinomycetales

Adenovirus 40/41

Aeromonas spp.

Akkermansia muciniphila

Alistipes onderdonkii

Alistipes spp.

Ascaris lumbricoides

Bacilli Class

Bacteria Culture

Bacteroides fragilis

Bacteroides spp. & Prevotella spp.

Bacteroides stercoris

Bacteroides zoogleoformans

Balantidium coli

Beta-Glucuronidase

Bifidobacterium spp.

Blastocystis spp.

Butyrate

Calprotectin

Campylobacter spp.

Capillaria hepatica

Capillaria philippinensis

Carbohydrates

Catenibacterium mitsuokai

Charcot-Leyden Crystals

Chilomastix mesnili

Citrobacter freundii

Clonorchis sinensis

Clostridia Class

Clostridium L2-50

Clostridium difficile

Comamonas jiangduensis

Cryptosporidium spp.

Cystoisospora belli

Dialister invisus

Dialister invisus & Megasphaera micronuciformis

Dientamoeba fragilis

Diphyllobothrium latum

Dipylidium caninum

Dorea spp.

Dysbiosis Index

E. coli

Edwardsiella tarda

Endolimax nana

Entamoeba coli

Entamoeba hartmanni

Entamoeba histolytica

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

Entamoeba polecki

Enterobacter cloacae

Enterobius vermicularis

Enteromonas hominis

Escherichia spp.

Eubacterium biforme

Eubacterium hallii

Eubacterium siraeum

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

Fasciola hepatica/Fasciolopsis buski

Firmicutes

Giardia

Heterophyes heterophyes

Hookworm

Hymenolepis diminuta

Hymenolepis nana

Iodamoeba buetschlii

Lachnospiraceae

Lactobacillus ruminis & Pediococcus acidilactici

Lactobacillus spp.

Lactoferrin

Lysozyme

Mucus

Muscle Fibers

Mycoplasma hominis

Norovirus GI

Norovirus GII

Occult Blood

Pancreatic Elastase 1

Parabacteroides johnsonii

Parabacteroides spp.

Paragonimus westermani

Pentatrichomonas hominis

Phascolarctobacterium spp.

Plesiomonas shigelloides

Pollen

Propionate

Proteobacteria

RBC

Retortamonas intestinalis

Rotavirus A

Ruminococcus albus & R. bromii

Ruminococcus gnavus

SIgA

Salmonella spp.

Shigella spp.

Streptococcus agalactiae & Eubacterium rectale

Streptococcus salivarius ssp. thermophilus

Streptococcus salivarius ssp. thermophilus & S. sanguinis

Streptococcus spp.

Strongyloides stercoralis

Taenia spp.

Total Fecal Fat

Total SCFAs

Trichuris trichiura

Valerate

Vegetable Fibers

Veillonella spp.

Vibrio cholerae

Vibrio spp.

WBC

Yeast Culture

Yersinia spp.

b-Hemolytic Strep, Group B

gamma-Hemolytic Strep

pH

Pick up kit to collect at home. Allow 10 business days for results not including transportation time.

Preparation & Timing

  • Wait at least 4 weeks after a colonoscopy or barium enema before collecting your samples.
  • Do not collect while menstruating.
  • Do not collect while actively bleeding from hemorrhoids.

  • Avoid the following medications for 2 weeks before collection
  • Antibiotics
  • Antiparasitics
  • Antifungals
  • Probiotic supplements
  • Proton pump inhibitors
  • Bismuth

  • Avoid the following medications for 2 days before collection:
  • Aspirin
  • NSAIDs
  • Digestive enzymes
  • Laxatives
  • Mineral oil
  • Castor oil
  • Glycerin enemas/suppositories
  • Activated charcoal
  • Betaine HCl
  • Antacids
  • Bentonite clay