Specimens: |
Feces (f) |
Preanalytics/Notes: |
Specimen requirement: pea- to bean-sized amount of stool resp. 1 ml fluid stool in sterile tube Pathogen spectrum Bacteria: Aeromonas spp, Campylobacter spp., Clostridium difficile toxin B, Clostridium difficile hypervirulent, E. coli enteroaggregativ (EAEC), E. coli enteropathogen (EPEC), E. coli enterotoxigenic (ETEC), E. coli Shiga toxin-prod. (STEC), E. coli 0157, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp. / Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), Vibrio spp., Yersinia enterocolitica. Viruses: Adenovirus, Astrovirus, Norovirus, Rotavirus, Sapovirus Parasites: Blastocystis hominis, Cryptosporidium spp., Cyclospora cayetanensis, Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia |
Method: |
PCR |
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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun |
Duration: |
1 day |