Paola Fonseca-Romero, Sharia M. Ahmed, Ben J. Brintz, D. Matthew Vierkant, Jennifer Dien Bard, Daniel M. Cohen, Ara Festekjian, Amy L. Leber, Jami T. Jackson, Neena Kanwar, Chari Larsen, Rangaraj Selvarangan, Kimberle C. Chapin, Andrew T. Pavia, Daniel T. Leung, IMPACT study investigators
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Abstract
Among 111 children presenting with bloody diarrhea in a multicenter study of molecular testing in US emergency departments, we found viral pathogens in 18%, bacteria in 48%, protozoa in 2%, and no pathogens detected in 38%.