Ordering Info

Refer to the Mayo Medical Laboratory Algorithm -Laboratory Testing for Infectious Causes of Diarrhea-under POLICIES section of the test catalog for recommendations.*THIS IS NOT A TEST OF CURE. REPEAT TESTING IS NOT CLINICALLY INDICATED REGARDLESS OF RESULT. TESTING ORDERED LESS THAN 7 DAYS APART WILL BE CANCELED.* If Clostridium difficile testing is clinically indicated order Clostridium difficile test: CDFPCR. Susceptibilities will automatically be performed when clinically necessary for Shigella species, Yersinia species, and Salmonella species in children under the age of 2. Test includes identification of: Campylobacter species (C. jejuni, C. coli, C. upsaliensis), Plesiomonas shigelloides, Salmonella species, Vibrio species (V. parahemolyticus, V. vulnificus, V. cholerae), Yersinia enterocolitica, Enteroggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC), Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Escherichia coli 0157, Shigella/Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC), Cryptosporidium species, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia, Adenovirus F 40/41, Astrovirus, Norovirus GI/GII, Rotavirus A and Sapovirus.