To culture or not to culture: Fecal lactoferrin screening for inflammatory bacterial diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 928-932

  Choi, Sung W ^a   Park, Choong H ^b   Silva, Terezinha M J ^c   Zaenker, Edna I ^a   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0029972602     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.928-932.1996     Document Type: Article

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