Fecal Occult Blood and Fecal Calprotectin as Point-of-Care Markers of Intestinal Morbidity in Ugandan Children with Schistosoma mansoni Infection

BACKGROUND: Calprotectin is a calcium-binding cytoplasmic protein found in neutrophils and increasingly used as a marker of bowel inflammation. Fecal occult blood (FOB) is also a dependable indicator of bowel morbidity. The objective of our study was to determine the applicability of these tests as...

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Autores principales: Bustinduy, Amaya L., Sousa-Figueiredo, José C., Adriko, Moses, Betson, Martha, Fenwick, Alan, Kabatereine, Narcis, Stothard, J. Russell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002542

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002542

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