NHS/PRO/GP Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn’s Crohns Calprotectin Test by ALLTEST
- Professional Calprotectin Rapid Test for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Crohn’s Disease + Ulcerative colitis
- Calprotectin is a 24kDa Dimer of calcium binding proteins S100A8 and S100A9
- Elevated levels of Calprotectin in human faeces indicate migration of neutrophils into the intestinal mucosa. this occurs during intestinal inflammation, a marker of intestinal inflammatory disease, the main causes of which are ulcerative colitis and crohn’s disease.
- Sensitivty : The ALLTEST calprotectin rapid test can detect calprotectin as low as 50ug/g or 140ng/ml of faeces
- Accuracy >99%
