Clinical microbiology laboratories need to communicate results of antibacterial susceptibility
testing to prescribers. Sophisticated prescribers who are knowledgeable of the …

The genus Entamoeba contains many species, six of which (Entamoeba histolytica,
Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba moshkovskii, Entamoeba polecki, Entamoeba coli, and …

Over the past few decades, nucleic acid-based methods have been developed for the
diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections. Advantages of nucleic acid-based methods are …

The protozoan pathogens Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum are major causes of
waterborne enteric disease throughout the world. Improved detection methods that are very …

Globally, the number of immunosuppressed people increases each year, with the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic continuing to spread unabated in many parts of the …

Abstract The English case-control Infectious Intestinal Disease Study (1993–1996) failed to
detect an enteric pathogen or toxin in 49% of cases of gastroenteritis. In the present study …

Real-time PCR has the potential to streamline detection and identification of
Cryptosporidium spp. in human clinical samples. In the present article, we report the first …

Extraction of high-quality DNA is a key step in PCR detection of Cryptosporidium and other
pathogens in environmental samples. Currently, Cryptosporidium oocysts in water samples …

Aims: To determine the persistence of the faecal indicator organism Escherichia coli in
recreational coastal water and sediment using laboratory‐based microcosms and validation …

The aim of this study was to describe the first development and evaluation of a multiplex
tandem PCR (MT-PCR) assay for the detection and identification of 4 common pathogenic …