TABLE 1.
Specificity testinga
| Organism |
|---|
| Bacterial pathogens |
| Aeromonas hydrophila |
| Clostridium difficile |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides |
| Salmonella group B |
| Shigella flexneri |
| Yersinia enterocolitica |
| Toxin producers |
| Clostridium perfringens |
| Staphylococcus aureus |
| Mycobacteria and fungi |
| Aspergillus fumigatus |
| Aspergillus nidulans |
| Candida albicans |
| Mycobacterium avium |
| Mycobacterium kansasii |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Parasites |
| Cryptosporidium parvum (purified Iowa strain from calf feces) |
| Enterocytozoon bieneusi (n = 5 in feces) |
| Giardia lamblia (in feces) |
| Enteric bacterial flora |
| Arcanobacterium pyogenes |
| Bacteroides distasonis |
| Bacteroides fragilis |
| Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron |
| Bacteroides vulgatus |
| Bifidobacterium odontolyticus |
| Citrobacter freundii |
| Clostridium ramosum |
| Enterobacter cloacae |
| Enterococcus faecalis |
| Escherichia coli |
| Escherichia hermanii |
| Escherichia vulneris |
| Eubacterium lentum |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae |
| Lactobacillus sp. |
| Proteus mirabilis |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis |
| Viridans group streptococci |
a
Genomic DNA from the listed organisms was tested for cross-reactivity in the Encephalitozoon LC PCR assay (n = 1 unless otherwise specified). A total of 74 fecal specimens were negative for microsporidia.