faecal specimen

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The faecalspecimen was usually collected on the first visit to the doctor (median 1, range 1-6 visits).
The faecalspecimen was usually collected on the first visit to the doctor (median 1, range 1-5 visits).
This may be because overseas travellers who present to their doctor with diarrhoea are more likely to have a faecalspecimen requested, than those with diarrhoea who haven't travelled overseas.
No bacterial or parasitic pathogens were identified in the faecal specimens.
During the same period, 1322 faecal specimens were collected from patients more than 5 years old, hospitalized with diarrhoea, the mean age being 36.85 years.
Improved enzyme immunoassays for the detection of antigens in faecal specimens.
Faecal specimens were requested from all suspected cases identified in the two schools during the outbreak.
All strains were isolated from faecal specimens of patients.
One or more faecal specimens were obtained from 2427 potential cases.
These were 58 pooled cattle faecal specimens, five water-trough samples, 19 sets of rabbit droppings and one sample of rooks' faeces collected from the feed troughs.
Whereas the total number of submitted faecal specimens was relatively constant throughout the year, there was remarkable seasonal variation in the incidence of laboratory confirmed campylobacteriosis.
Environmental investigations were conducted during each outbreak to observe students during class, to obtain purchase and illness histories of the animals, and to collect faecal specimens from the animals.
Faecal samples could reliably be classified as being of fox origin by assessing physical properties as shown by the different parasite spectra of putative fox and dog faecal specimens.
After treatment of an intestinal infection three successive negative faecal specimens are required before the patient is regarded as cured.
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