Review Article

An Overview of the Molecular Methods in the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Infectious Diseases

Table 3

Comparative summary of commercial enteropathogen multiplex PCR testing kit.

Product nameAllplex Gastrointestinal Panel (virus, bacteria 1, bacterial 2, and parasite) CE-IVDSeeplex® Diarrhea ACE Detection (virus, bacteria 1, and bacterial 2) CE-IVDQIAstat-Dx® Gastrointestinal Panel CE-IVDRIDA® GENE real-time PCR kits (bacterial, parasite, and viral stool) panel CE-IVDEntericBio real-time® Gastro Panel I, II and III. Virus panel CE-IVDCLART® EnteroBac CE-IVDGastroFinder® 2SMART CE-IVD
ManufacturerSeegene, Seoul, South KoreaSeegene, Seoul, South KoreaQiagen, Hilden, GermanyR-Biopharm AG, Darmstadt, GermanySerosep, Limerick, IrelandGenomica, Madrid, SpainPathoFinder, the Netherlands

Bacteria
Aeromonas spp.A. media, A. veronii, A. salmonicida,
A. sobria, A. bivalvium, A. hydrophila
Campylobacter spp.C. jejuni, C. coliC. jejuni, C. coli, C. upsaliensisC. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, C. laridis, C. upsaliensis
Clostridium difficile√Toxin B and hypervirulent stain√Toxin B√Toxin A/B√Toxin B√Toxins A and B
Clostridium perfringens
Plesiomonas shigelloides
Salmonella spp.√S. bongori, S. enterica
Yersinia enterocoliticaY. enterocolitica, Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis
Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrio spp.V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificusV. cholerae, V parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st
Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) stx1/stx2
E. coli O157√O157 : H7
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)/Shigella spp.S. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei, S. dysenteriaeS. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei, S. dysenteriae
Viruses
Adenovirus√F40/41√F40/41
Astrovirus
Norovirus√GI/GII√GII√GI/GII√GI/GII√GI/GII/IV
Rotavirus√A√A√A√A√A
Sapovirus√ (I, II, IV, V)√ (I, II, IV, V)
Parasites
Blastocystis hominis
Cryptosporidium spp.
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Dientamoeba fragilis
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia lamblia