Audit of stool testing performed in a microbiology laboratory: will using fixed predefined clinical criteria for stool testing of Giardia and Cryptosporidium lead to missed cases?

Pathology. 2019 Aug;51(5):553-555. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Jun 24.

Authors

R Chavada¹, D Maze², D Dewit³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, NSW Health Pathology, Central Coast, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: ruchirchavda@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, Gosford and Wyong Hospitals, Central Coast LHD, Gosford, NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, NSW Health Pathology, Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 31248621
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2019.04.007

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cryptosporidiosis / diagnosis
Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology*
Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification*
Feces / parasitology
Giardia / isolation & purification*
Giardiasis / diagnosis
Giardiasis / parasitology*
Humans
Laboratories
Middle Aged
Young Adult