INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
The LEUKO-TEST is a rapid screen for determining whether a patient has inflammatory diarrhea. Infectious inflammatory diarrheas are typically caused by Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and C. difficile. Noninfectious inflammatory diarrheas are due to ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease. All of these can become life-threatening if they are not recognized and treated. The LEUKO-TEST is an in vitro diagnostic aid for the identification of these types of disease. The test is cleared for use in clinical labs and physicians' offices.
The IBD-CHEK® is an ELISA that can be used to help identify patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and rule out those with active irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is noninflammatory. IBD, which is a condition of chronic inflammation, consists of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Both of these diseases result in elevated levels of fecal lactoferrin. As a result, patients with these diseases test positive in the IBD-CHEK® kit. In patients with active IBS, the intestine appears normal upon endoscopic examination and there is no indication of inflammation. As a result, IBS patients test negative in the IBD-CHEK® kit.
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T5002 - LEUKO-TEST
T5008 - IBD-CHEK®
T5009 - IBD-SCAN®
T5016 - ASCA-CHEK
T5018 - IBD EZ VUE®
T5019 - LEUKO EZ VUE™