BACKGROUND Calprotectin is a calcium-binding protein found in neutrophils. Increased levels are found in stools after mucosal damage due to inflammation, which causes influx of neutrophils into the gut lumen. MATERIAL AND METHOD This article is based on a review of the most pertinent publications found on Medline and our clinical experience from more than 10 years of using the test. RESULTS...

Service evaluation of GP access to Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) detection in Nottinghamshire and use FIT “rule out”, in” “first test selection”. Retrospective audit results, CRC outcomes resource utilisation before after introduction Primary Care November 2017. Data from the new pathway up December 2018 was compared with previous experience. Between 2017 2018, 67...

We assessed the spatial variation in concentrations of ten metals faeces lesser black-backed gull (LBBG) Larus fuscus wintering at seven localities South-West Spain. found high faeces, with several elements (As, Cu, Mo, Pb, Zn) locally exceeding (by 2 to 11 times) derived Lowest Effect Level (LEL) values. also strong variation, related main pollution sources associated different sites. Faeces f...

BACKGROUND Dogs are associated with more than 60 zoonotic diseases among which, parasitosis and, in particular, helminthosis, can pose serious public-health concerns worldwide. Many canine gastrointestinal parasites eliminate their dispersion elements (eggs, larvae, oocysts) by the faecal route. The quantity of canine faeces deposited on public and private property in cities worldwide is both a...

When, in nutritional studies, it is necessary to determine the losses of a particular nutrient in the faeces, two techniques are employed to ensure that the faeces collected are representative of the intake of food. The first consists of feeding a marker substance, such as carmine, immediately before and at the end of the experiment. This allows a separation of the faeces produced from the food...

Seven-thousand-and-thirty-six specimens of faeces were examined for Salmonellae using three enrichment culture media in parallel.Rappaport's magnesium chloride malachite green broth medium proved superior to selenite F and tetrathionate broths in the recovery of a wide variety of Salmonella serotypes. However, it was inferior to selenite broth in the recovery of Salmonella typhi.A higher recove...

Faecal specimens from 51 infants free of cystic fibrosis (CF) and from 9 infants with the disease were analysed for albumin and alpha1-antitrypsin content. Faeces from infants with no CF had a mean albumin content of less than 0-1 mg/g dry weight and a mean albumin: alpha1-antitrypsin ratio value of less than 0-1. Faeces from infants with CF had, with one exception, an albumin content of more t...