A Comparison of Stool Enteropathogen Detection by Semiquantitative PCR in Adults With Acute Travelers’ Diarrhea Before and 3 Weeks After Successful Antibiotic Treatment
Abstract
We evaluated stool enteropathogen detection by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 108 subjects with travelers’ diarrhea before and 3 weeks after treatment. Stool samples from 21 subjects were positive for the same pathogen species at both visits. We discuss factors that should be considered when interpreting stool PCR data after treatment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 26, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1093/ofid/ofz187
Entities
People
- Brett Swierczewski
- Cliff Philip
- David R. Tribble
- Elizabeth Odundo
- Eric Houpt
- Faviola Reyes
- Jamie A. Fraser
- Jie Liu
- Kalyani Telu
- Mark P Simons
- Mark S. Riddle
- Michele D Tisdale
- Patrick Connor
- Stephen Lizewski
- Tahaniyat Lalani
Organizations
- Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
- Joint Task Force Bravo
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institutes of Health
- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
- Naval Medical Research Center
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- United States Army
- University of Virginia