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Impact of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Testing on Recovery of Enteric Bacterial Infections
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Impact of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Testing on Recovery of Enteric Bacterial Infections

Aamer Imdad, Fiona Retzer, Linda S Thomas, Marcy McMillian, Katie Garman, Peter F Rebeiro, Stephen A Deppen, John R Dunn and Amy M Woron
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.66(12), pp.1892-1898
06/01/2018
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix1128
PMCID: PMC6248818
PMID: 29293941
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https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix1128View
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Abstract

Culture-independent diagnostic test (CIDTs) are increasingly used to diagnose enteric infections; however, public health surveillance of foodborne illnesses has historically depended on isolates. This study found that CIDT-positive specimens yielded a pathogen in only 61% of reported cases compared to culture-derived isolates.
and Commentaries Campylobacter culture-independent diagnostic test Salmonella Shiga toxin–producing E. coli Shigella

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