Table 2.
Available gastrointestinal panels
| Targets/other details | BioFire GI | QIAstatDx GI | Luminex GPP | Verigene EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | ||||
| Campylobacter species | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clostridioides difficile (tcdA/tcdB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Escherichia coli O157 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Enterotoxigenic E. coli | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Enteropathogenic E. coli | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Enteroaggregative E. coli | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Salmonella species | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (stx1-stx2) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a |
| Shigella species/enteroinvasive E. coli | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vibrio species | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Vibrio cholerae | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | ✓ | |||
| Vibrio vulnificus | ✓ | |||
| Yersinia enterocolitica | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viruses | ||||
| Norovirus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Norovirus GI | ✓ | |||
| Norovirus GII | ✓ | |||
| Rotavirus A | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Astrovirus | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Adenovirus F40, F41 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sapovirus | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Parasites | ||||
| Cryptosporidium species | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Entamoeba histolytica | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Giardia lamblia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Cyclospora cayetanensis | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Panel information | ||||
| Platform | FilmArray system | QIAstat-Dx | Luminex Magpix | Verigen system |
| Company | BioFire/bioMérieux | QIAGEN | LUMINEX | LUMINEX |
| Targets in panel | 22 | 24 | 15 | 9 |
| Throughput | Low-Medium | Low | Low-Medium | High |
| Time to result | <1 h | 1 h | 2 h |
a
stx1-stx2 are separate targets in this assay.