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Laboratory Code
LAB3040628
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Stool
Container/Tube: Sterile screw-capped container with attached spatula
Volume: 10.0g / 5.0mL
Minimum Volume: 5.0g / 2.0mL (liquid stool)
Collection Instructions: Random collection
Specimen Stability
Preferred temperatures for storage prior to and during shipping to NUH
| Specimen Type | Stool |
|---|---|
| Ambient | Submit to lab as soon as possible |
| Refrigerate | Non NUH sample - Stool in Cary-Blair OR stool to be sent on ice as soon as possible after collection |
| Frozen | Do not freeze sample |
Methodology
Real-time Multiplexed Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)
Days and Times Performed
Monday through Saturday, TAT 2 - 3 days
Reference Interval
Not detected.
Testing Laboratory
National University Hospital
Clinical Microbiology, 67724343
Useful For
For the simultaneous qualitative detection and identification of nucleic acids from multiple viruses, bacteria, and parasites directly from stool samples obtained from individuals with signs and/or symptoms of gastrointestinal infection.
The following viruses, bacteria and parasites are identified:
1. Adenovirus F40/41
2. Astrovirus
3. Norovirus (GI/GII)
4. Rotavirus A
5. Sapovirus (GI, GII, GIV, GV)
6. Campylobacter (C.jejuni, C.coli and C.upsaliensis)
7. Enteraggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC)
8. Shigella/Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC)
9. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
10. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) lt/st
11. Plesiomonas shigelloides
12. Salmonella spp.
13. Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) stx1/stx2*
(including specific identification of E. coli O157 serogroup within STEC)
14. Vibrio vulnificus
15. Vibrio parahaemolyticus
16. Vibrio cholerae
17. Yersinia enterocolitica
18. Cryptosporidium
19. Cyclospora cayetanensis
20. Entamoeba histolytica
21. Giardia lamblia
Please note that for patients with antibiotic-asscociated-diarrhoea, testing for Clostridioides difficile toxin should be ordered separately using [LAB253 Clostridioides difficile Toxin (23024)].
Service Code
23621
LOINC Code Information
79381-0
Update
Last updated 30/5/2025