Gastrointestinal Infection Rapid Diagnostic Test

GastroPanel® is a first line diagnostic test for dyspeptic patients. It is a non-invasive blood test, risk free and user friendly laboratory test.

GastroPanel gives information on the structure and function of the stomach mucosa, and of the risks caused by a possible abnormal mucosa. Based on the GastroPanel results, it is possible to get information to support the diagnosis of:

Healthy stomach mucosa
Functional and organic dyspepsia (when GastroPanel results indicate a healthy stomach mucosa, the cause of stomach problems is often functional dyspepsia or a disease outside the stomach).

Atrophic gastritis (damaged stomach mucosa that is severly dysfunctional) and likelihoods of the conditions specifically in the corpus and antrum areas of the stomach (normal, gastritis or atrophic gastritis).

Helicobacter pylori infection.
Achlorhydria of the stomach (anacidic stomach).

The test panel consists of four assays:

Pepsinogen I ELISA
Pepsinogen II ELISA
Gastrin-17 ELISA
Helicobacter pylori IgG ELISA

GastroPanel® is a simple laboratory examination performed on a blood sample. It gives diagnosis, for example, of healthy stomach mucosa, Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection and atrophic gastritis. Based on the results, functional dyspepsia can be differentiated from organic dyspepsia. The results also give important information on possible risks related to H.pylori infection, atrophic gastritis and high acid production. GastroPanel examination promotes evidence-based medicine.

H.pylori infection is diagnosed by an antibody test. Pepsinogen I, pepsinogen II and gastrin-17 levels describe the structure and function of the whole gastric mucosa.