| Ordering Code | 622 |
|---|---|
| Test Name | Stool Culture w/ Shiga Toxin EIA |
| Alias | Salmonella Typhi Culture Culture for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter Stool for Shiga Toxin, Aeromonas culture, Plesiomonas culture |
| Preferred Specimen | Stool |
| Preferred Container | Fecal Swab |
| Other Specimen/Container | Rectal Swab in Fecal Swab device, Stool in Cary-Blair |
| Optimum Volume | Fecal Swab: 1 Swab Cary-Blair: 5 gm Raw Stool: 5 gm |
| Transport Requirements | Fecal Swab: Oahu: Ambient Airline: Ambient Cary-Blair: Oahu: Ambient Airline: Ambient Raw Stool: Oahu: Refrigerated Airline: Refrigerated |
| Specimen Stability | Fecal Swab/Cary Blair: Ambient: 4 days Refrigerated: 4 Days Do NOT Freeze Raw Stool: Ambient: 2 Hours Refrigerated: 2 Hours |
| Rejection Criteria | Dry cotton swab, Frozen, Pooled specimen, Specimen older than stability limits, Stool in Formalin/PVA, Stool contaminated with urine, Stool in diaper or tissue paper, 24 hour collection |
| Avail. Stat | NO |
| Analytic Time | 3 Days |
| Methodology | Fluorescent Immunoassay |
Reference range(s)
The reference ranges listed below are valid on this date of June 6, 2025.
| Component | Age | Male Norm | Male Critical Low | Male Critical High | Female Norm | Female Critical High | Female Critical Low | Units | Add'l info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report Status | ALL | See report. | |||||||
| Shiga Toxin 1 | ALL | See report. | |||||||
| Shiga Toxin 2 | ALL | See report. | |||||||
| Culture | ALL | See report. |