Impact of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Testing on Recovery of Enteric Bacterial Infections.

ABSTRACT: Background:Culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) are increasingly used to identify enteric pathogens. However, foodborne illness surveillance systems have relied upon culture confirmation to estimate disease burden and identify outbreaks through molecular subtyping. This study examined the impacts of CIDT and estimated costs for culture verification of Shigella, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), and Campylobacter at the Tennessee Department of Health Public Health Laboratory (PHL). Methods:This observational study included laboratory and epidemiological surveillance data collected between years 2013-2016 from patients with the reported enteric illness. We calculated pathogen recovery at PHL based on initial diagnostic test type reported at the clinical labor

SUBMITTER: Imdad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248818 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature