Culturing stool specimens has no added value in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis
Dorte Bek Folkvardsen, Victor Naestholt Dahl, Christian Wejse, Erik Svensson, Troels Lillebaek · 2024
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Description
Dorte Bek Folkvardsen and co-authors test whether stool culture adds any value in diagnosing lung tuberculosis in Denmark. Sputum can be hard for some patients to give, and swallowed sputum may carry the germ into stool. Over two years, 562 stool samples were read beside airway samples sent to the national reference laboratory.
Only five of nineteen patients with lung tuberculosis had positive stool cultures, and all five also tested positive from the airway. Stool alone would have missed the rest. In a rich, low-incidence setting the authors advise against general stool testing, while leaving room for trials in groups who cannot produce sputum.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dorte Bek Folkvardsen, Victor Naestholt Dahl, Christian Wejse, Erik Svensson, Troels Lillebaek |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |