Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children

DA Kwasi, PD Adewole, OC Akinlabi… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Antimicrobials are only indicated in acute childhood diarrhea if it is invasive or persistent.
Rapid screening for invasive diarrhea can therefore inform treatment decisions but pathogen …

Evaluation of Fecal Occult Blood Testing Kits for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Invasive Diarrhea in Young Children

DA Kwasi, PD Adewole, OC Akinlabi, SE Ekpo… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background Antimicrobials are only indicated in acute childhood diarrhea when the infection
is invasive (and therefore often bloody), or persistent. Rapid and cost-effective screening for …