Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children.
Antimicrobials are only indicated in acute childhood diarrhea if it is invasive or persistent. Rapid screening for invasive diarrhea can therefore inform treatment decisions but pathogen identification by culture is slow, expensive and cumbersome. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of...
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| description | Antimicrobials are only indicated in acute childhood diarrhea if it is invasive or persistent. Rapid screening for invasive diarrhea can therefore inform treatment decisions but pathogen identification by culture is slow, expensive and cumbersome. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of stool microscopy and immunochromatographic fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits for identifying invasive or potentially invasive diarrhea in Ibadan, Nigeria. Fecal specimens from 46 children under 5 years old with diarrhea, collected as part of ongoing case-control studies, were subjected to stool microscopy for erythrocytes and leucocytes, and FOBT using the innovator's product and four locally procurable generic immunochromatographic kits, each according to manufacturers' instructions. Stool specimens were cultured for enteric bacterial pathogens using standard procedures. Presumptive pathogen isolates were identified biochemically and by PCR, and then confirmed by whole genome sequencing. Shigella, enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Yersinia, pathogens that invariably cause invasive diarrhea, were detected in five of 46 specimens. Occult blood detection by microscopy was 55.6% sensitive and 78.4% specific, while the innovator's FOBT product was respectively 62.5% and 81.6% sensitive and specific compared to strict invasive pathogen recovery. Microscopy and FOBT testing were less sensitive in identifying specimens that contained pathogens that do not always elicit invasive diarrhea. Generic FOBT tests compared well with the innovator's product. Microscopy and FOBT testing have some value for delineating likely invasive diarrheas. They could inform treatment and serve as early warning indicators for dysentery outbreaks in resource limited settings. Inexpensive, generic FOBT kits that are locally procurable in Nigeria performed as well as the innovator's product. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-40f41ae2e92e46f18ffa64c0eb63c0e92025-01-18T05:48:34ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS Global Public Health2767-33752023-01-0137e000162910.1371/journal.pgph.0001629Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children.David A KwasiPelumi D AdewoleOlabisi C AkinlabiStella E EkpoIruka N OkekeAntimicrobials are only indicated in acute childhood diarrhea if it is invasive or persistent. Rapid screening for invasive diarrhea can therefore inform treatment decisions but pathogen identification by culture is slow, expensive and cumbersome. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic utility of stool microscopy and immunochromatographic fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits for identifying invasive or potentially invasive diarrhea in Ibadan, Nigeria. Fecal specimens from 46 children under 5 years old with diarrhea, collected as part of ongoing case-control studies, were subjected to stool microscopy for erythrocytes and leucocytes, and FOBT using the innovator's product and four locally procurable generic immunochromatographic kits, each according to manufacturers' instructions. Stool specimens were cultured for enteric bacterial pathogens using standard procedures. Presumptive pathogen isolates were identified biochemically and by PCR, and then confirmed by whole genome sequencing. Shigella, enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Yersinia, pathogens that invariably cause invasive diarrhea, were detected in five of 46 specimens. Occult blood detection by microscopy was 55.6% sensitive and 78.4% specific, while the innovator's FOBT product was respectively 62.5% and 81.6% sensitive and specific compared to strict invasive pathogen recovery. Microscopy and FOBT testing were less sensitive in identifying specimens that contained pathogens that do not always elicit invasive diarrhea. Generic FOBT tests compared well with the innovator's product. Microscopy and FOBT testing have some value for delineating likely invasive diarrheas. They could inform treatment and serve as early warning indicators for dysentery outbreaks in resource limited settings. Inexpensive, generic FOBT kits that are locally procurable in Nigeria performed as well as the innovator's product.https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001629&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | David A Kwasi Pelumi D Adewole Olabisi C Akinlabi Stella E Ekpo Iruka N Okeke Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children. PLOS Global Public Health |
| title | Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children. |
| title_full | Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children. |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children. |
| title_short | Evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children. |
| title_sort | evaluation of fecal occult blood testing for rapid diagnosis of invasive diarrhea in young children |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001629&type=printable |
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