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 …

Background Parasitic diseases are one of the world's most devastating and prevalent
infections, causing millions of morbidities and mortalities annually. In the past, many of these …

Acute diarrheal infections are a common health problem globally and among both
individuals in the United States and traveling to developing world countries. Multiple …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Background Molecular syndromic diagnostic panels can enhance pathogen identification in
the approximately 2–4 billion episodes of acute gastroenteritis that occur annually …

Microscopy is the reference standard for routine laboratory diagnosis in faecal parasitology
but there is growing interest in alternative methods to overcome the limitations of …

Rotavirus - Clinics in Laboratory Medicine Skip to Main Content Advertisement Clinics in
Laboratory Medicine Log in Register Log in Subscribe Claim Cart (4 items)4 Skip menu …

Objectives Recent advances in the laboratory detection of infectious diarrhoea allow more
rapid and sensitive identification of infected patients. Several commercial multiplex …

Diarrhea due to enteric bacterial pathogens causes significant morbidity and mortality in the
United States and worldwide. However, bacterial pathogens may be infrequently identified …

For many years PCR-and other DNA-based methods of pathogen detection have been
available in most clinical microbiology laboratories; however, until recently these tools were …