Rapid Diagnosis of Diarrhea Caused by Shigella sonnei Using Dipsticks; Comparison of Rectal Swabs, Direct Stool and Stool Culture

BACKGROUND: We evaluated a dipstick test for rapid detection of Shigella sonnei on bacterial colonies, directly on stools and from rectal swabs because in actual field situations, most pathologic specimens for diagnosis correspond to stool samples or rectal swabs. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The...

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Autores principales: Duran, Claudia, Nato, Faridabano, Dartevelle, Sylvie, Thi Phuong, Lan Nguyen, Taneja, Neelam, Ungeheuer, Marie Noëlle, Soza, Guillermo, Anderson, Leslie, Benadof, Dona, Zamorano, Agustín, Diep, Tai The, Nguyen, Truong Quang, Nguyen, Vu Hoang, Ottone, Catherine, Bégaud, Evelyne, Pahil, Sapna, Prado, Valeria, Sansonetti, Philippe, Germani, Yves
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/PMC3838397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080267

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