ALLMedicine™ Stool Culture Center

Nov 13th, 2021 - Enteric fever (EF) is a major public health problem and a witness of the global health disparities. It is caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella ser. Typhi) and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A, B, C (Salmonella ser. Paraty...

Oct 26th, 2021 - Aeromonas hydrophila is a gram-negative facultative anaerobic coccobacillus, which is an environmental opportunistic pathogen. A. hydrophila are involved in several infectious diseases such as gastroenteritis, septicemia and wound infections. Howe...

Sep 15th, 2021 - Klebsiella (K.) oxytoca is a gastrointestinal pathobiont with the potential to produce the toxins tilivalline and tilimycin which cause antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis. Overgrowth of toxigenic K. oxytoca has recently been implicated in n...

Sep 14th, 2021 - There is an emerging role of fungal dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Prevalence of Candida in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) and the effect of fluconazole therapy in reducing disease activity of UC are not...

Sep 11th, 2021 - Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139. Cholera rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are widely used to screen for cholera cases. However, their accuracy has not been systematically reviewed. To evaluate the diagnostic...

Aug 20th, 2021 - Rates of antimicrobial resistance are increasing worldwide. There is increasing evidence that physiological gut microbiota is a large reservoir of antibiotic-resistance genes. Healthy gut microbiota is known to prevent the colonization of the gast...

Oct 23rd, 2020 - Gastrointestinal multiplex PCR panels have been introduced in clinical practice several years ago, but the impact on the management of patients is yet unknown. The investigators are interested to evaluate if the multiplex PCR panels introduced at ...

Aug 21st, 2019 - Screening and Consent - Index cases: Hospitalized patient with the diagnosis of severe CDAD At screening visit the study investigator(s) will explain the study in detail, answer any questions the candidate may have, and give the candidate a consen...

Jul 3rd, 2018 - Infection processes of a non-typhoid Salmonella infection in humans are not well understood and so far, only little research has been conducted in this area. Findings from preclinical studies, using mouse models, attributed a fundamental role in i...

Aug 28th, 2017 - All of the patients coming to an emergency care unit and for whom a stool culture is prescribed will be included, corresponding to an estimate number of 1,000 patients for two years. Every stools will be tested for Campylobacter using two differen...

Jun 11th, 2019 - SAN DIEGO – For patients with acute gastroenteritis, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based gastrointestinal pathogen testing was associated with lower resource utilization and less antibiotic prescribing, compared with conventional stool.

Jun 11th, 2019 - SAN DIEGO – For patients with acute gastroenteritis, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based gastrointestinal pathogen testing was associated with lower resource utilization and less antibiotic prescribing, compared with conventional stool.

Mar 18th, 2019 - Which test would be least useful as part of the initial evaluation? Your Peers Chose: Complete blood count 0% IBD serology 0% Comprehensive metabolic panel 0% Sedimentation rate 0% Stool culture 0% Serologic Testing in Pediatric IBD Although IBD s...

Jul 1st, 2015 - A 76-year-old woman visiting from Ethiopia presented for further evaluation of concomitant iron and vitamin B12 deficiency anemia that had developed over the previous 6 months. During that time, she had complained of ongoing fatigue and increasing.

Jan 24th, 2013 - Action Points Vaccinating children against rotavirus may help prevent disease in adults also. Point out that about 30% of the adults with rotavirus-positive cultures were immunocompromised, and that rate remained relatively steady over time. Vacci...