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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.111914
Personal Author:
Jones, Timothy F. ; Gerner-Smidt, Peter ;
Jones, Timothy F. ; Gerner-Smidt, Peter ; Less -
Description:
The diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has traditionally been based on culture results of feces from patients with diarrhea. Virtually everything we know about disease and the epidemiology of enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), e.g., O157, and Campylobacter spp., has been generated from the study of patients with culture-confirmed infections. However, this pattern may be changing because AGE diagnostics are moving away from culture toward rapid nonculture methods. These infections are mainly foodborne and therefore preventable, and it is of paramount importance that public health surveillance for these infections is consistent and reliable.
Subject:
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Acute Gastroenteritis
Bacteria
Campylobacter
Campylobacter Infections
Commentary
Diagnostic Testing
Enteric Diseases
Escherichia Coli Infections
Humans
Laboratories
Microbiology
Nonculture Methods
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia Coli
Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia Coli

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 18(3):513-514.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:b95fefe1c840179d04bae9d95d660d93b5da97242280c9e68ad761b7439b5312
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