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In an effort to improve patient care, an increasing number of gastroenterologists are using fecal calprotectin levels as a first step in the diagnosis of IBD versus IBS. ALPCO tests enable clinicians to accurately assess patients via calprotectin and quickly start patients on the right treatment path.
ALPCO’s automated multiplex assay, AutoPlex GI Panel, provides sensitive and accurate measurement of up to 5 GI biomarkers in human stool samples. The panel combines the workflow advantages of multiplexing with the proven reliability of traditional chemiluminescence sandwich immunoassays to enable batched sample processing for related biomarkers.
Reduce False Positives from 26% to 7%! An increase in clinical specificity, and a decrease in false positives, enables clinicians to better evaluate IBD/IBS patients. Clinicians can schedule follow-up colonoscopies for the patients that need it most and start IBS patients on the right treatment path.
For laboratories with a compatible clinical chemistry analyzer, upgrading to the calprotectin immunoturbidimetric assay can improve efficiency and generate additional capacity. Laboratories can potentially eliminate a CLIA system or simply create new capacity on that system by transferring calprotectin to another analyzer.
Test results from outside laboratories can sometimes take up to 5 days. Random access testing enables laboratories to offer affordable same-day results. On-site testing eliminates the shipping process and maintains remnant samples on-site.
STI PCR “One Workflow” Solution A complete solution for comprehensive testing across many types of STIs, we offer a PCR panel with high sensitivity and specificity. This panel allows for ultimate flexibility with user chosen combinations of tests in one workflow.
What are Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)?
STIs, or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are those most often transmitted through sexual contact, but can also be transmitted to children from infected mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.1 There are over 20 different types of STIs and the CDC estimates that 1 in 5 people in the United States alone is infected.2 C...
Food sensitivity or food intolerance involves a non-allergic response to a food or food additive. In a recent on-line survey conducted in the U.S., 24% of adults aged 18 to 79 reported a food intolerance. While a food allergy is typically mediated by IgE antibodies, adverse reactions to food observed in patients with functional GI disorders, such as IBS, may be due to a delayed immunological response involving Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies. Problem foods and food additives are believed to activate mast cells through the binding of IgG antibodies. Increased intestinal mast cell activation has been demonstrated in cases of IBD and IBS.
Cases of food and environmental allergies have been increasing over the last decade. While conservative estimates suggest IgE-mediated allergy affects 6-8% of children and 2-3% of adults, some estimates are as high as 30%.3, 2 Symptoms can range from mild to severe and include itching, hives, vomiting, diarrhea, and constricted breathing. A severe allergic reaction, termed anaphylaxis, ...
