Twenty-eight of 56 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit had stools positive for adenovirus by the Sure-Vue adenovirus test. Virus cultures of conventionally processed and chloroform-extracted stool samples, as well as conventional and real-time PCR tests, were negative for adenovirus. The cause for the 50% false-positive rate with the antigen test was not determined.

Entamoeba histolytica infection is one of the significantly common pathogenic protozoa encountered in Saudi Arabia. Previous reports did not distinguish between E. histolytica and E. dispar as differential diagnosis is essential both for treatment decision and public health knowledge. Studies suggested that stool antigen assays are more sensitive and specific than microscopy for the diagnosis o...

OBJECTIVE Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding is one of the most life-threatening complications, in up to 25% of persons with hemophilia (PWH). Recurrent bleeding is common and can be caused by the Helicobacter pylori infection. Our aim was to evaluate the role of H. pylori infection in UGI bleeding in PWH. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninety patients with hereditary bleeding disorders, 30 patients...

Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe and dehydrating diarrhea in children aged under 5 years. We undertook this hospital-based surveillance study to examine the possible relationship between the severity of diarrhea and the various G-group rotaviruses circulating in India. Stool samples (n = 2,051) were systematically collected from 4,711 children aged <5 years admitted with severe acute ga...

BACKGROUND A number of noninvasive diagnostic tests are available to detect Helicobacter pylori infection. Data on serologic testing of children are lacking, however, and thus it remains unclear whether the serology cutoff points used for adults are appropriate for children. METHODS Serum and stool samples were obtained from 73 children who visited 5 hospitals in Japan between March 1993 and ...

BACKGROUND Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis is a parasitic infection occurring in many developing countries. Data on the status of human infections in Zambia is largely lacking. We conducted a community-based study in Eastern Zambia to determine the prevalence of human taeniosis and cysticercosis in a rural community. METHODS AND FINDINGS Stool and serum samples were collected from willi...

OBJECTIVES (1) To investigate the response to a serum antigen-detecting ELISA for cysticercosis and a stool coproantigen test for taeniasis in two rural communities (mountainous and coastal areas) and one group of (peri-)urban factory workers; and (2) to examine clinical features of human cysticercosis in northern Vietnam. METHODS Villagers and factory workers and their families were informed...

BACKGROUND Approximately 83,000 US Marines participated in the opening phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Spring 2003. A Navy Preventive Medicine laboratory was set up in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, to provide clinical diagnostic support for Marine medical units during a period of repositioning in south-central Iraq. METHODS Specimen collection boxes were sent to >30 primary care medical stations ha...

A four-layer antispecies radioimmunoassay (RIA) was developed for the detection of adenovirus in stool specimens. Polystyrene beads were used as the solid phase, anti-adenovirus guinea pig immunoglobulin (1 microgram per bead) was used as the primary antibody, anti-adenovirus rabbit immunoglobulin (16 micrograms/ml) was used as the secondary antibody, and 125I-labeled sheep anti-rabbit immunogl...

Background: Rapid urease test and stool antigen are both important diagnostic tools for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection among peptic ulcer disease patients.&#x0D; Objective: The purpose present study was to compare capacity with by comparing rapid Methodology: This cross-sectional conducted in Department Clinical Pathology collaboration Gastroenterology at Bangabandhu Sheikh Muji...