Comprehensive Stool Analysis (CSA+P) + Parasitology-Doctor's Data Kit

Note: This is a home collection test kit that will be mailed to you.

Fasting Required:
No
Specimen:
Stool
Lab:
Doctor's Data
Results:
Average processing time 10-14 business days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.

Special Instructions:
2 weeks before collection discontinue the following: Antibiotics, antiparasitics, antifungals, or probiotic supplements, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and Bismuth. 2 days before collection discontinue the following: Aspirin and other NSAIDs, digestive enzymes, laxatives (particularly mineral oil, castor oil, and glycerin enemas/suppositories), activated charcoal, betaine HCl, antacids or bentonite clay. Do not collect samples when there is active bleeding from hemorrhoids or menstruation. Wait at least 4 weeks from a colonoscopy or barium enema before collecting. Do not contaminate the stool with urine or water.
Please note: Parasites do not drop with every stool passing. If performing the three-day collection, the stool specimens must be collected on three separate days. It is preferable, but not necessary, to collect on consecutive days but the final collection must be made within seven days of the first.

Description:
Gastrointestinal complaints are among the most common in medical care. The CSAP profile helps pinpoint the causes of gastrointestinal symptoms and chronic systemic conditions, and measures key markers of digestion, absorption and inflammation. It contains comprehensive bacteriology and yeast cultures to identify the presence of beneficial flora, imbalanced flora including Clostridium species, and dysbiotic flora, as well as the detection of infectious pathogens and parasites by PCR and other gold standard methods. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing to prescriptive and natural agents is also performed for appropriate cultured bacterial and fungal species at no additional charge.
Kit includes a one-, two- or three-day parasitology collection option and is up to the discretion of patient/practitioner preference.

Results Include:

Bacteriology Culture

• Expected/Beneficial flora
• Commensal (Imbalanced) flora
• Dysbiotic flora

Yeast Culture (Candida)

• Normal flora
• Dysbiotic flora

Viruses

• Adenovirus F40/41
• Norovirus GI/GII
• Rotavirus A

Pathogenic Bacteria

• Campylobacter (C. jejuni, C. Coli and C. lari)
• Clostridioides difficile (Toxin A/B)
• Escherichia coli O157
• Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) lt/st
• Salmonella spp.
• Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) stx1/stx2
• Shigella (S. boydii, S. Flexneri & S. dysenteriae)
• Vibrio cholerae

Parasites

• Cryptosporidium (C. parvum and C. hominis)
• Entamoeba histolytica
• Giardia duodenalis (AKA intestinalis & lamblia)

Protozoa

• Balantidium coli
• Blastocystis spp
• Chilomastix mesnili
• Dientamoeba fragilis
• Entamoeba coli
• Entamoeba histolytica/dispar
• Entamoeba hartmanni
• Entamoeba polecki
• Endolimax nana
• Enteromonas hominis
• Giardia duodenalis
• Iodamoeba butschlii
• Isospora belli oocysts
• Pentatrichomonas hominis
• Retortamonas intestinalis

Nematodes - Roundworms

• Ascaris lumbricoides eggs
• Capillaria philippinesis eggs
• Capillaria hepatica eggs
• Enterobius vermcularis eggs
• Hookworm eggs
• Strongyloides stercoralis
• Trichuris trichiura eggs

Cestodes - Tapeworms

• Diphyllobothrium latum eggs
• Dipylidium caninum eggs
• Hymenolepis diminuta eggs
• Hymenolepis nana eggs
• Taenia eggs

Trematodes - Flukes:

• Clonorchis sinensis eggs
• Fasciola hepatica/Fasciolopsis buski
• Paragonimus westermani eggs
• Heterophyes heterophyes

Other Markers

• RBC
• WBC
• Muscle Fibers
• Vegetable Fibers
• Charcot-Leyden Crystals
• Pollen
• Ova and Parasites

Macroscopic Appearance

Stool Chemistries

Digestion/Absorption

• Elastace
• Fat Stain
• Carbohydrates

Inflammation

• Lactoferrin
• Calprotectin
• Lysozyme

Immunology

• Secretory IgA

Short Chain Fatty Acids

• % Acetate
• % Proprionate
• % Butyrate
• % Valerate
• Butyrate
• Total SCFA's

Intestinal Health Markers

• pH
• Occult Blood

Bacterial Susceptibilities

Yeast Susceptibilities

Additional Biomarkers Available for add-on at additional cost:

• Beta-glucuronidase
• Comp Clostridium Culture
• H. Pylori Antigen
• Macroscopic Exam
• Zonulin; stool