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Rational protocols for testing faeces in the investigation of sporadic hospital-acquired diarrhoea
G Gopal Rao1, A E Ozerek, A Jeanes
1University Hospital Lewisham, London, SE13 6LH, UK.gopal.rao@uhl.nhs.uk
The Journal of Hospital Infection
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
Many recent studies have demonstrated that routine examination of faeces for conventional enteric pathogens such as salmonella, shigella, campylobacter and parasites in patients who develop sporadic hospital-acquired diarrhoea is unnecessary and wasteful. In this paper the advantages and disadvantages of a restricted testing protocol in patients with hospital-acquired diarrhoea are reviewed. Practical issues for safe implementation of such a protocol are also discussed.

