A gastrointestinal PCR panel improves clinical management and lowers health care costs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Beal, Stacy G ^a   Tremblay, Elizabeth E ^b   Toffel, Steven ^a   Velez, Lymaries ^a   Rand, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical management; Diarrhea; Gastroenteritis; Gastrointestinal infection; Molecular panel; Norovirus; PCR; Salmonella; Syndromic testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SAPOVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FECES; FLORIDA; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FECES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040061073     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01457-17     Document Type: Article

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