GI Effects Stool Profile - Complete
Tests for digestive, inflammation, and absorption including Gluten

GI Effects is unlike any other stool analysis profile, going beyond the standard parameters for identifying gastrointestinal disorders.

The GI Effects Profile uses DNA analysis to identify microbiota including anaerobes, a previously immeasurable area of the gut environment. DNA assessment is specific and accurate, avoids the pitfalls of sample transport, reports results as specific numbers, and is more sensitive than classic laboratory methods.

GI Effects Stool Analysis Profiles go beyond "old stool technology" to bring you the most comprehensive stool analysis to date. GI Effects Profiles use DNA analysis to identify microbiota with 100% accuracy — including anaerobes, a previously immeasurable area of the gut environment. In addition to much more comprehensive bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology, GI Effects Profiles report drug resistance genes, antibiotic and botanical sensitivities, gliadin-specific sIgA, Elastase1, plus other inflammation, digestion, and absorption markers clinicians requested — with no hidden costs.



Advantages of the GI Effects Stool Profile
Greater Accuracy
Microbial DNA analysis improves the accuracy of results and includes both aerobes and anaerobes. Anaerobes comprise over 95% of the bacteria in the gut and are difficult to detect with old culture methods.

Antibiotic resistance genes
DNA analysis detects organisms possessing genes that give rise to antibiotic resistance, offering clinicians a superior tool for effective patient management.

Single Sample Collection
Culture methods require multiple collections, whereas the GI Effects Stool Profile requires only one sample collection leading to improved patient compliance!

Eliminates Errors in Transport
Sample transport is a source of significant error in culture analysis due to the change in microbial balance from the time of collection. Using DNA analysis, the specimen is placed in a fixative tube that stops microbial growth and offers a highly accurate snapshot of the microbial balance in the gut.

Increased Sensitivity
GI Effects detects as few as 5 cells per gram – a 5000-fold increase in sensitivity over microscopy for parasite detection.

A Better Value
No reflex or add-on costs for additional testing!

Why Use Stool Analysis?
Gastrointestinal function is important for general health. The intestinal tract contains significant amounts of bacteria; some beneficial, some neutral, and some harmful. Balancing beneficial microbial flora in the gut is key to proper digestion, efficient nutrient usage, and ridding the body of waste and pathogens. Poor digestion and malabsorption can lead to immune dysfunction, nutritional insufficiencies, mental/emotional disorders, and autoimmune diseases.

Metametrix offers the Complete GI Effects profile for the most thorough look at the gut microbiome. Easy and cost-effective follow-up testing options are also available to help monitor targeted therapy in patients.

• Microbial – bacteria, fungi/yeast, and parasites
• Mycology – fungi/yeast only
• Parasitology – parasites only
• Chemistries – digestive, inflammation, and absorption

Testing Includes:

Analytes:    PREDOMINANT BACTERIA
Obligate anaerobes
Bacteroides sp.
Clostridia sp
Prevotella sp.
Fusobacteria sp.
Streptomyces sp.
Mycobacteria sp.
Eubacteria sp.

Facultative anaerobes
Lactobacillus
Bifidobacter

Obligate aerobes
E. coli

OPPORTUNISTIC BACTERIA
Aerobes
Klebsiella pneumoneae
Bacillus sp.
Citrobacter freundii   
Haemolytic E. coli.
Psuedomonas sp.
plus many others

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
Helicobacter pylori
Clostridium difficile
Campylobacter sp.
Entero-hemorrhagic Eschericia coli (EHEC)

YEAST/FUNGI
Candida sp.

PARASITOLOGY
Parasitic Protozoans
Blastocystis hominis
Cryptosporidium species
Dientamoeba fragilis
Endomilax nana
Entamoeba coli
Entamoeba dispar
Entamoeba hartmanni
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia lamblia
Iodamoeba butschlii
Trichomonas hominis

Parasitic Worms
Ascaris lumbricoides
Charot leyden
Clonorchis sinensis
Enterobius vermicularis
Necator americanus
Schistosoma mansoni
Strogyloides species
Taenia solium
Trichuris species

ADIPOSITY INDEX
Firmicutes
Bacteroidetes

DRUG RESISTANCE GENES
aacA, aphD
mecA
vanA, vanB, vanC
gyrB, ParE
PBP1a, PBP2B

Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA)
Total SCFA
n-Butyrate
Acetate %
Butyrate %
Propionate %
Valerate %

INFLAMMATION
Lactoferrin
WBCs
Mucus

IMMUNOLOGY
Fecal sIgA
Anti-gliadin IgA

ADDITIONAL TESTS
pH
Occult Blood
RBCs
Color

DIGESTION
Elastase1
Triglycerides
Putrefactive SCFA
Vegetable Fibers

ABSORPTION
Long Chain Fatty Acids (LCFA)
Total Fat
Cholesterol

SENSITIVITY TESTING
Botanical Sensitivities
Pharmaceutical Sensitivities

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