Evaluation of anatomically designed flocked rectal swabs for molecular detection of enteric pathogens in children admitted to hospital with severe gastroenteritis in botswana

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3922-3927

  Goldfarb, David M ^a,b,e   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^b,c,e   Pernica, Jeffrey M ^a   Chong, Sylvia ^a,f   Luinstra, Kathy ^a,f   Mokomane, Margaret ^d   Mazhani, Loeto ^e   Quaye, Isaac ^g   Goercke, Irene ^b   Mahony, James ^a,f   Smieja, Marek ^a,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d Botswana National Health Laboratory   (Botswana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOTSWANA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIGESTIVE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOCKED RECTAL SWAB; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS DETECTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; VIROLOGY;

BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84908339786     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01894-14     Document Type: Article

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