Evaluation of faecal calprotectin as a valuable non-invasive marker in distinguishing gut pathogens in young children with acute gastroenteritis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1389-1395

  Sýkora, Josef ^a   Siala, Konrad ^a   Huml, Michal ^a   Varvaovská, Jana ^a   Schwarz, Jan ^a   Pomahaová, Renáta ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Children; Faecal calprotectin; Gut pathogens

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALGRANULIN;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77955858965     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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