[CQ] When should a stool culture be ordered?

Thinking about the indications for stool culture from daily questions"When and for what kind of patients should a stool ...
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Testing for Gastroenteritis: GI PCR Beats Stool Culture for Hospitalized Patients

Compared with conventional stool culture, multiplex gastrointestinal polymerase chain reaction (GI PCR) testing was associated with a shorter average length of hospital stay among patients admitted ...
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Stool culture may underperform in detecting new surges of cholera

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stool culture “performed worse than would be expected” in diagnosing cholera during a waning outbreak in Haiti.
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Culture, Stool

Test Scope Isolation and identification of Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia and Shiga toxin producing E. coli including E. coli O157:H7 Susceptibilities performed at an additional charge ...