Erschienen in:
08.11.2018 | Editorial
Rationale of using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panels for etiological diagnosis of infective diarrhea in the tropics
verfasst von:
Ujjala Ghoshal, Nidhi Tejan
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
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Ausgabe 5/2018
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Excerpt
Infectious diarrhea causes significant morbidity and mortality [
1,
2]. According to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) report, it is responsible for one in nine deaths among children globally making it second most common cause of death among children under 5 years of age [
3]. Infective diarrhea can be caused by multiple pathogens, most commonly due to viruses, protozoan parasites, and bacteria. It is estimated that etiology remains unidentified in 80% of patients with acute diarrhea [
4]. The infective diarrhea can present as acute diarrhea, dysentery (loose stools with blood), persistent, or chronic diarrhea including malabsorption syndrome [
5,
6]. …