Evaluation of the EasyScreen™ Pan-Enteric Pathogen Detection Kit as a Replacement for a Laboratory-Developed Gastrointestinal PCR Test
Presented at the NSCMID 2026 Conference, 27–30 August 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
Authors:
Christian Leo-Hansen1, Inger Stride Jensen1, Sarah Paulsen1, Michael Pedersen1, Ingrid Maria Cecilia Rubin1,2, and Jan Gorm Lisby1,2.
Affiliations:
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark
2Department of Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Background
Rapid and accurate detection of gastrointestinal pathogens is essential for patient management, infection prevention, and public health surveillance. Syndromic multiplex PCR assays enable simultaneous detection of a broad range of viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens from a single specimen, reducing turnaround time while expanding pathogen coverage.
The Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre (DCM HvH), serves a catchment population of approximately one million inhabitants and processes more than one million clinical specimens annually, including more than 28,000 faecal specimens.
Objective
To compare the performance of a commercial test, the EasyScreen™ Pan-Enteric Pathogen Detection Kit from Genetic Signatures, validated for analysis of solid stool samples, with a routinely used laboratory-developed gastrointestinal PCR test (LDT) optimised for faecal swabs.
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