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GI-MAP Methodology Guide

When assessing a patient, do you want only a positive/negative result, or do you want a truly quantitative result?

GI-MAP's qPCR technology provides you with true quantitative values. It helps differentiate trace levels of an organism from frank elevations indicative of active infection. The GI-MAP provides absolute values – not relative levels – of each microbe. This information gives you valuable clinical insight that allows you to create personalized treatment plans for your toughest cases.

While there are many PCR diagnostic tests for gastroenteritis, the GI-MAP stands alone as the largest panel that quantifies each pathogen and non-pathogen, making the GI-MAP the best tool to assess both acute and chronic GI complaints.

GI-MAP Interpretive Guide

Since the introduction of the GI-MAP, Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory has established itself as the leader in the field of qPCR technology and gastrointestinal evaluation. We are pleased to offer a clinical Interpretative Guide that goes beyond reporting results.

The GI-MAP Interpretative Guide includes detailed information about all tested pathogens, describes the nature and impact of organisms found in the microbiome, and includes specific recommendations related to dysbiosis and intestinal health.

This guide has been updated to include changes to the report introduced in August 2022. Download or print the Interpretative Guide and use it in office visits, when evaluating test results, and as an overall guide for deciding when therapeutic intervention is needed.

GI-MAP White Paper

In the last few decades, DNA analysis has transformed the field of GI testing. More than ever before, we are keenly aware of the health benefits and disease risks brought about by the microorganisms that inhabit the GI tract.

The GI Microbial Assay Plus (GI-MAP^™) uses state-of-the-art qPCR technology to assess a patient’s microbiome from a single stool sample, with particular attention to microbes that cause disease or that disrupt normal microbial balance and contribute to perturbations in the GI microbiota and contribute to illness.

This white paper has been updated to include updates to the report introduced in 2023. Read the GI-MAP White Paper and learn the science behind how DNA analysis can help your patients with gastrointestinal related symptoms.