TABLE 4.

FDA-approved/cleared multiplex gastrointestinal panels^a

Parameter	Verigene EP	Luminex GPP	BioFire GIP
Analysis platform	Verigene system	Magpix or Luminex 100/200 system	FilmArray system or FilmArray Torch
Acceptable specimen type	Stool in Cary-Blair medium	Fresh stool or stool in Cary-Blair medium	Stool in Cary-Blair medium
No. of targets	9	14	22
Ability to detect pathogen
Bacteria
Campylobacter species	✓	✓	✓
Salmonella species	✓	✓	✓
Shigella species/enteroinvasive E. colib	✓	✓	✓
Vibrio species	✓		✓
Vibrio cholerae		✓	✓
Yersinia enterocolitica	✓		✓
Escherichia coli O157		✓	✓
Enterotoxigenic E. coli		✓	✓
Enteropathogenic E. coli			✓
Enteroaggregative E. coli			✓
Plesiomonas shigelloides			✓
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (stx1-stx2)	✓c	✓	✓
Clostridium difficile (toxin A/B)		✓	✓
Viruses
Norovirus GI/GII	✓	✓	✓
Rotavirus A	✓	✓	✓
Astrovirus			✓
Adenovirus 40/41		✓	✓
Sapovirus			✓
Parasites
Cryptosporidium species		✓	✓
Entamoeba histolytica		✓	✓
Giardia lamblia		✓	✓
Cyclospora cayetanensis			✓
No. of samples (throughput)	1–32 (scalable)	24	1–12 (scalable)
Time to result (h)	<2	∼5	∼1

^aEP, enteric pathogens; GPP, gastrointestinal pathogen panel; GIP, gastrointestinal panel.

^bThe Verigene EP and Luminex GPP do not specifically target enteroinvasive E. coli.

^cThe Verigene EP has separate targets for stx₁ and stx₂.