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• Inflammatory bowel disease activity assessed by fecal calprotectin and lactoferrin: correlation with laboratory parameters, clinical, endoscopic and histological indexes

  Authors:Andrea Vieira, Chia Bin Fang, Ernani Geraldo Rolim, Wilmar Artur Klug, Flavio Steinwurz, Lucio Giovanni Battista Rossini, et al.From:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 29, 20093,328 words Clinical report Authors: Andrea Vieira (corresponding author) [1]; Chia Bin Fang [2]; Ernani Geraldo Rolim [1]; Wilmar Artur Klug [2]; Flávio Steinwurz [3]; Lucio Giovanni Battista Rossini [4]; Paulo Azevedo Candelária [2] Findings...

• Deviation of the Fecal Stream in Colonic Bowel Segments Results in Increased Numbers of Isolated Lymphoid Follicles in the Submucosal Compartment in a Novel Murine Model of Diversion Colitis

  Authors:Annabel Kleinwort, Paula Doring, Christine Hackbarth, Claus-Dieter Heidecke, and Tobias SchulzeFrom:BioMed Research International (Vol. 2017) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20176,927 words Report 1400LIntroduction. Diversion colitis is a significant health problem due to its high incidence in patients with diverting enterostomy. This mucosal inflammation presents characteristic histopathological features allowing for...

• Gut microbiome analysis by post: Evaluation of the optimal method to collect stool samples from infants within a national cohort study

  Authors:Georgina M. Williams, Sam D. Leary, Nadim J. Ajami, Saranna Chipper Keating, Joseph F. Petrosin, Julian P. Hamilton-Shield, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 12, 20194,471 words Report 1500LBackground Understanding the role of the gut microbiome is pivotal for the future development of therapies for the prevention and management of autoimmune conditions such as type 1 diabetes when sampling during early...

• Effect of Blastocystis sp. in dengue patients-Increase in the treatment cost and exacerbation of symptoms.

  Authors:Gaythri Thergarajan, Suresh Kumar, Subha Bhassu, Sharifah Faridah Binti Syed Omar, and Sanjay RampalFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20, 20194,285 words Report 1470LIncreasing incidences of dengue have become a global health threat with major clinical manifestation including high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. These symptoms were also expressed among Blastocystis sp. infected...

• Randomized controlled trial: Standard versus supplemental bowel preparation in patients with Bristol stool form 1 and 2

  Authors:Yueyue Li, Xinyong Jia, Baozhen Liu, Yanmei Qi, Xiubin Zhang, Rui Ji, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 27, 20174,691 words Report 1470LBackground Bristol stool form 1 and 2 is an important predictor of inadequate bowel preparation. Aim To evaluate the efficacy of supplemental preparation in bowel cleansing quality among patients with Bristol...

• Status of gastrointestinal parasites in Red Panda of Nepal

  Authors:Damber Bista, Saroj Shrestha, Ajaya Jang Kunwar, Sakshi Acharya, Shant Raj Jnawali, and Krishna Prasad AcharyaFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 6, 20176,643 words Report 1430LRed pandas are known to be highly susceptible to endoparasites, which can have a prominent impact on the population dynamics of this endangered species. There are very limited published reports on prevalence and risk of...

• Intestinal microbes show complex development in infants

  From:AORN Journal (Vol. 87, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2008282 words Brief article 1270LResearchers studying stool samples from 14 healthy babies during the first year of Life have found that infants have varied, dynamic, and complex colonies of intestinal microbes, according to a June 25, 2007, news...

• Culturing stool specimens for Campylobacter spp., Pennsylvania, USA

  Authors:Nkuchia M. M'ikanatha, Lisa A. Dettinger, Amanda Perry, Paul Rogers, Stanley M. Reynolds, and Irving NachamkinFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 18, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20122,265 words Report 1580LIn 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...

• Clinical evaluation of a non-purified direct molecular assay for the detection of Clostridioides difficile toxin genes in stool specimens.

  Authors:Toshinori Hara, Hiromichi Suzuki, Tadatomo Oyanagi, Norito Koyanagi, Akihito Ushiki, Naoki Kawabata, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 3, 20205,203 words Report 1510LRecently, a new rapid assay for the detection of tcdB gene of Clostridioides difficile was developed using the GENECUBE. The assay can directly detect the tcdB gene from stool samples without a purification in...

• Towards standards for human fecal sample processing in metagenomic studies

  Authors:Paul I Costea, Georg Zeller, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eric Pelletier, Adriana Alberti, Florence Levenez, et al.From:Nature Biotechnology (Vol. 35, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20177,873 words Report 1580LTechnical variation in metagenomic analysis must be minimized to confidently assess the contributions of microbiota to human health. Here we tested 21 representative DNA extraction protocols on the same fecal samples...

• For stool samples, try this floating catcher

  Author:Marjorie SextonFrom:Contemporary Pediatrics (Vol. 22, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 200582 words Brief article When I have to collect a stool specimen from a toilet-trained child, I have always asked parents to drape plastic wrap over the toilet bowl to catch the stool. Another method, suggested by a parent, is to float a foam...

• Faecal elastase 1 levels in premature and full term infants. (Original Article)

  Authors:M. Kori, A. Maayan-Metzger, R. Shamir, L. Sirota, and G. DinariFrom:Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition (Vol. 88, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20032,222 words Article Background: Determination of faecal elastase 1 (FE 1) is a simple, relatively inexpensive, non-invasive, highly specific and sensitive test for determining pancreatic function. Secretion of pancreatic enzymes varies...

• Guidance on the interpretation of faecal calprotectin levels in children.

  Authors:Martina Orfei, Marco Gasparetto, Kai O. Hensel, Florian Zellweger, Robert B. Heuschkel, and Matthias ZilbauerFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 11, 20214,683 words Report 1550LBackground Faecal calprotectin (FCP) is a powerful tool to predict inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. In the paediatric patient population, the reference value of < 50 [mu]g/g...

• Exploration of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Under Human Care by Enzyme Immunoassay.

  Authors:Karl Mercera, Fanny Pilot-Storck, Birgitta Mercera, Caroline Gilbert, and Fabienne DelfourFrom:Aquatic Mammals (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20216,528 words Report 1350LWhile the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most studied and widespread cetacean in captivity, studies assessing its welfare have been developed only recently. Several studies focus on a potential indicator...

• Faecal bacterial composition in dairy cows shedding Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in faeces in comparison with nonshedding cows

  Authors:Marija Kaevska, Petra Videnska, Karel Sedlar, Iva Bartejsova, Alena Kralova, and Iva SlanaFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 62, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20161,956 words Report 1390LThe aim of this study was to determine possible differences in the faecal microbiota of dairy cows infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) in comparison with noninfected cows from the...

• 16S rRNA sequencing of samples from universal stool bank donors.

  Authors:Marina Santiago and Scott W. OlesenFrom:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 23, 20211,226 words Report 1500LObjectives Universal stool banks provide stool to physicians for use in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection via fecal microbiota transplantation. Stool donors providing the material are rigorously...

• Use of "Parasep filter fecal concentrator tubes" for the detection of intestinal parasites in stool samples under routine conditions

  Authors:Mohammad Zeeshan, Afia Zafar, Zeb Saeed, Seema Irfan, Zain Sobani, Sadia Shakoor, et al.From:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Vol. 54, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 20111,382 words Report 1500LByline: Mohammad. Zeeshan, Afia. Zafar, Zeb. Saeed, Seema. Irfan, Zain. Sobani, Sadia. Shakoor, Mohammad. Beg Parasitic gastrointestinal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing...

• WU polyomavirus in fecal specimens of children with acute gastroenteritis, china

  Authors:Lili Ren, Richard Gonzalez, Xiwei Xu, Jianguo Li, Jing Zhang, Guy Vernet, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20091,185 words Clinical report 1480LTo the Editor: WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) is a recently described PyV found in patients with acute respiratory tract infections (1). The role of the virus in disease pathogenesis remains unclear. The ability to detect it...

• Direct detection of Campylobacter jejuni in human stool samples by real-time PCR

  Authors:Shiyong Lin, Xinying Wang, Haoxuan Zheng, Zhengguo Mao, Yong Sun, and Bo JiangFrom:Canadian Journal of Microbiology (Vol. 54, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20083,858 words Report 1410LAbstract: Our purpose was to establish a quick and accurate real-time PCR (rtPCR) method to detect Campylobacter jejuni directly from human diarrheal stool as an alternative to traditional culture methods. To determine...

• The effect of storage conditions on microbial communities in stool.

  Authors:Kristien Nel Van Zyl, Andrew C. Whitelaw, Mae Newton-Foot, and David N FredricksFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 14, 20204,402 words Report 1420LMicrobiome research has experienced a surge of interest in recent years due to the advances and reduced cost of next-generation sequencing technology. The production of high quality and comparable data is dependent on...