New molecular approaches in the diagnosis of acute diarrhea: Advantages for clinicians and researchers

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Guarino, Alfredo ^a   Giannattasio, Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Immunocompromised host; Microarray; Molecular diagnosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; ADALIMUMAB; ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 33; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIPLOMONADIDA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOST; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AUTOPHAGY; COLITIS; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79951595751     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3283413750     Document Type: Article

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