Culture-independent diagnostic testing for enteric pathogens: Coming to a lab near you

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Culture-independent diagnostic testing for enteric pathogens: Coming to a lab near you

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Vanessa Weenink

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IIt is not always easy to culture the pathogenic bacteria while suppressing the many other bacteria present in faeces

A PCR testing regimen for enteric pathogens means stool sample results are available sooner, but there are other important differences as laboratories progress from sample culture to culture-independent diagnostic testing

A four-year-old boy returns home from day care com- plaining of “blood in his poos”. Key points Culture-independent diagnostic testing is mor