- Vibrant often bundles tests that address overlapping clinical presentations.
- Candida overgrowth can cause or exacerbate symptoms that mimic post-infectious IBS, and both involve gut barrier dysfunction, immune activation, and altered motility.
- Anti-vinculin antibodies are a marker for autoimmunity against the enteric nervous system, commonly associated with IBS-D/SIBO. Pairing this with Candida testing may help clinicians differentiate whether gut symptoms are primarily immune/neuromotility-driven (anti-vinculin) or microbial/colonization-driven (Candida) — or both.
Why would Vibrant combine the Candida test with the IBS test (vinculin antibody) — the Candida + IBS Profile?
Clinical Education Team