GI 360™ Essentials, Stool

Bacteriology culture, aerobic; Additional pathogens culture; GI Pathogens PCR, 12-25 targets; Microbiome Abundance PCR; Muscle Fibers; Parasitology, trichrome staining; Yeast culture

Stool

Viruses are the primary cause of acute diarrhea. The identification of pathogenic bacteria, viruses and parasites improves treatment strategies and patient outcomes.
This test characterizes the abundance and diversity of more than 45 targeted analytes that peer-reviewed research has shown to contribute to dysbiosis and other chronic disease states. The Dysbiosis Index (DI) is a calculation with scores from 1 to 5 based on the overall bacterial abundance and profile within the patient’s sample as compared to a reference population. Values above 2 indicate a microbiota profile that differs from the defined normobiotic reference population (i.e., dysbiosis). The higher the DI above 2, the more the sample is considered to deviate from normobiosis.