Culturing stool specimens for Campylobacter spp., Pennsylvania, USA

doi:10.3201/eid1803.111266

. 2012 Mar;18(3):484-7.

doi: 10.3201/eid1803.111266.

Culturing stool specimens for Campylobacter spp., Pennsylvania, USA

Nkuchia M M'ikanatha¹, Lisa A Dettinger, Amanda Perry, Paul Rogers, Stanley M Reynolds, Irving Nachamkin

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¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Founders 7-046, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA.

PMID: 22377086
PMCID: PMC3309580
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.111266

Culturing stool specimens for Campylobacter spp., Pennsylvania, USA

Nkuchia M M'ikanatha et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Mar.

. 2012 Mar;18(3):484-7.

doi: 10.3201/eid1803.111266.

Authors

Nkuchia M M'ikanatha¹, Lisa A Dettinger, Amanda Perry, Paul Rogers, Stanley M Reynolds, Irving Nachamkin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Founders 7-046, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA.

PMID: 22377086
PMCID: PMC3309580
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.111266

Abstract

In 2010, we surveyed 176 clinical laboratories in Pennsylvania regarding stool specimen testing practices for enteropathogens, including Campylobacter spp. Most (96.3%) routinely test for Campylobacter spp. In 17 (15.7%), a stool antigen test is the sole method for diagnosis. We recommend that laboratory practice guidelines for Campylobacter spp. testing be developed.

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Nonculture diagnostic tests for enteric diseases.
Jones TF, Gerner-Smidt P. Jones TF, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;18(3):513-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1803.111914. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012. PMID: 22377326 Free PMC article.

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[1] Thacker SB, Berkelman RL. Public health surveillance in the United States. Epidemiol Rev. 1988;10:164–90. - PubMed

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