Prospective Multicenter Study Evaluating Fecal Calprotectin in Adult Acute Bacterial Diarrhea

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1099-1106

  Shastri, Yogesh M ^a,b   Bergis, Dominik ^c   Povse, Nada ^a   Schäfer, Volker ^c   Shastri, Sarika ^a   Weindel, Martin ^d   Ackermann, Hans ^c   Stein, Jürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KOKILABEN DHIRUBHAI AMBANI HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d Labor Walther Weindel und Kollegen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Fecal calprotectin; Fecal lactoferrin; Fecal occult blood test (FOBT); Hemoccult test; Intestinal infection; Stool culture

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN; GUAIAC; LACTOFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56649103673     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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