Pigment Visibility on Rectal Swabs Used To Detect Enteropathogens: a Prospective Cohort Study

Author:

Xie Jianling1,Tarr Gillian A. M.2,Ali Samina34,Chui Linda56,Pang Xiao-Li56,Lee Bonita E.34,Vanderkooi Otto G.7,Tarr Phillip I.8,Zhuo Ran6,Parsons Brendon6,Berenger Byron M.59,Kim Kelly1,Freedman Stephen B.101112ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

3. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

4. Women & Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

5. Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Alberta Public Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

6. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

7. Department of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Community Health Sciences and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

8. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, & Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

9. Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

10. Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

11. Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

12. Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

Data are lacking regarding the impact of visible pigment on rectal swab diagnostic accuracy. We describe the test characteristics of rectal swabs with and without pigment in children with gastroenteritis.

Funder

HHS | National Institutes of Health

Alberta Innovates | Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions

U of C | Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute

Women and Children's Health Research Institute

Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

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