As science advances, new areas are emerging that have the potential to significantly change the way we currently diagnose and treat disease. Leadership in clinical reference testing requires that Mid-Florida Pathology provide standard menus and much more. To this end, we educate and empower our physicians and hospitals to move into more advanced specialty areas when the situation dictates.
Molecular diagnostics is an emerging scientific discipline that offers new advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease through a focus of genetic mutations and molecular signatures (activity patterns of genes and proteins). In an effort to provide your patients with a more personalized, and cost-effective and targeted approach to medicine, Mid-Florida Pathology offers growing menu of cutting-edge molecular diagnostic applications.
Molecular Testing
Advantages to ordering the FilmArray GI Panel
• Better Results Film Array PCR’s syndromic approach increases the probability of identifying a pathogen in patients with symptoms of an infectious disease and increases capability of detection of co-infections.
• Accurate Organism Identification. The PCR technology for detection of bacteria and viruses offers increased sensitivity and specificity over traditional methods, particularly for viruses and difficult-to-culture organisms.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel Bacteria:
Campylobacter (jejuni, coli and upsaliensis)
Clostridium difficile (toxin A/B)
Plesiomonas shigelloides
Salmonella
Yersinia enterocolitica
Vibrio (parahaemolyticus, vulnificus and cholerae)
Vibrio cholerae
Diarrheagenic E. coli/Shigella:
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) lt/st
Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
tx1/stx2 E. coli O157
Shigella/Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
Viruses:
Adenovirus F40/41
Astrovirus
Norovirus GI/GII
Rotavirus A
Sapovirus (I, II, IV and V)
Parasites:
Cryptosporidium
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia lamblia
PANTHER (Nucleic Acid Amplification - Transcription mediated Amplification based testing)
Aptima®SARS-CoV-2
Aptima Combo 2 (Chlamydia and Gonorrhea test)
Aptima Trichomonas vaginalis
Aptima Mycoplasma genitalium
Aptima Bacterial Vaginosis
Aptima CV/TV Assay (Candida sp./Candida glabrata/Trichomonas vaginalis)
Aptima HSV 1&2 test
Aptima HPV Assay (For screening of High risk HPV types)
Aptima HPV 16, 18/45 Genotyping Assay
PANTHER FUSION Assays - Each is a multiplex, real-time PCR in vitro diagnostic test. These assays are intended to aid in the differential diagnosis of the below.
The Panther Fusion® Flu A/B/RSV assay - Qualitative detection and differentiation of influenza A virus, influenza B virus and respiratory syncytial virus
The Panther Fusion® AdV/hMPV/RV assay - Qualitative detection and differentiation of adenovirus, human metapneumovirus and rhinovirus
The Panther Fusion® Paraflu assay - Qualitative detection and differentiation of parainfluenza 1 virus, parainfluenza 2 virus, parainfluenza 3 virus and parainfluenza 4 virus