When Your Patient Can't Stop.
Bacterial, parasitic, viral, and C. difficile binary toxin coverage from a single stool specimen. Built for the patient whose diarrhea isn't getting better on its own.
Traditional stool workup splits across culture, ova-and-parasite microscopy, EIA, and toxin testing — each with its own turnaround, sensitivity profile, and recollection risk. By the time results land, the patient has been empirically treated, hospitalized, or both.
Our 11-target GI panel resolves bacterial, parasitic, and viral enteropathogens — plus C. difficile binary toxin A/B — from one stool specimen in 24–48 hours.
The clinical weight behind this panel.
Industry statistics from public-health bodies and peer-reviewed literature — context for why this testing matters.
48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, 3,000 deaths.
Multiplex PCR closes the diagnostic gap left by traditional methods.
Hypervirulent NAP1/BI/027 strains demand rapid identification.
Figures reflect publicly reported epidemiology and clinical literature for context only. They are not performance claims for the Chaseville Labs assay. See individual citations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, and peer-reviewed journals.
Conditions, syndromes & infections covered.
The clinical scenarios where this panel is the right call — built around the differential your providers are actually working through.
Bacterial Food Poisoning & Intestinal Infections
5Severe diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps from contaminated poultry, eggs, or produce.
One of the most common causes of bacterial diarrhea worldwide.
Mimics acute appendicitis with severe right-sided abdominal pain.
V. cholerae causes cholera — life-threatening watery diarrhea requiring immediate fluid replacement. V. vulnificus can cause deadly sepsis, especially in patients with liver disease.
Often contracted from contaminated water or raw shellfish, causing severe dehydration.
Diarrheagenic E. coli & Dysentery
4Bloody diarrhea, severe cramping, and high fever. Highly contagious.
STEC can cause Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), a deadly condition that destroys red blood cells and causes kidney failure.
The leading cause of diarrhea in travelers returning from developing regions.
A major cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children — especially in daycare settings.
Hospital-Acquired & Antibiotic-Induced Colitis
1Typically occurs after broad-spectrum antibiotics wipe out protective gut flora, causing severe, life-threatening colitis.
Viral Gastroenteritis ("Stomach Flu")
3Leading causes of non-bacterial gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide — cruise ships, schools, and nursing homes.
Major causes of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide.
A gut-targeting viral strain causing prolonged diarrhea, mostly in children.
Parasitic Infections (Protozoan Diseases)
4Chronic, foul-smelling diarrhea, bloating, and weight loss.
Watery diarrhea — highly dangerous and potentially life-threatening for immunocompromised patients (HIV/AIDS, chemotherapy, transplant).
Bloody stool from a parasite that, if untreated, can travel through the bloodstream and cause dangerous liver abscesses.
Often linked to contaminated fresh produce (berries, lettuce), causing prolonged, relapsing diarrhea for weeks.
11 targets, resolved from a single specimen.
Each organism below is reported individually as Detected, Not Detected, or Inconclusive — grouped here by pathogen class for clinical scanability.
Bacteria
7 targetsParasitic
3 targetsViral
1 targetCulture was built for a different century.
Multiplex real-time PCR resolves what culture and rapid antigen miss — fastidious organisms, polymicrobial infections, viruses, and resistance markers — from a single specimen.
Culture & rapid antigen
- 3–5 daysPatient empirically treated before any answer arrives
- Misses fastidious & viral organismsNo growth ≠ no infection
- Single-organism biasPolymicrobial infections under-reported
- No resistance dataSusceptibilities arrive a day later, if at all
- Specimen-quality dependentPre-treated patients culture negative
GI Panel on Bio-Rad CFX384
- 24–48 hoursMost reports back the next clinical day
- 11 targets, one runBacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic in a single multiplex
- Detects what culture can'tFastidious organisms, viruses, and polymicrobial infections, all reported individually
- Validated LDTCLIA-certified, internally controlled, per-target Detected / Not Detected reporting
Per-target results, with clinical context.
Every analyte is reported individually as Detected, Not Detected, or Inconclusive. What a Detected result means clinically depends on which category the target falls into:
Bacterial detections drive isolation precautions, public-health reporting (Salmonella, Shigella, STEC), and targeted therapy. C. difficile toxin positivity confirms CDI in symptomatic patients; binary toxin raises concern for hypervirulent strains.
Protozoan detections often explain prolonged or travel-associated diarrhea and respond to species-specific therapy (metronidazole/tinidazole, nitazoxanide, TMP-SMX) rather than empiric antibacterials.
Viral detections support supportive care and infection-control measures rather than antimicrobials. Norovirus and rotavirus drive outbreak investigation in congregate settings.