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Gastroenterology

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iFOBT   immunochemical; specific for human globin; fewer false pos  
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FOBT guidelines   CLIA waived; 3 serial stools; avoid red meat & >250 mg vitamin C x 3 days; avoid ASA >325 mg x 7 days  
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FOBT timing   s/b after 3 days; at least 3-5 min; within 14 days  
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FOBT other sources of false pos   EtOH, anticoag, steroids, CTx, iodine prep  
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Fecal WBC:   methylene blue; PMNs (poss macrophages); invasive organisms & IB disorders; >1 g spec clean dry container (Cary Blair); not done on pts in hosp >3 days  
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Fecal WBC: present for :   shigella, campy, EIEC (poss salmonella, vibrio, yersinia, C diff)  
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Poss false negs in fecal WBC   E. histolytica; CMV  
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Predominant causative enterotoxin for pseudomem colitis   C diff toxin A; recent Abx tx; do ELISA test; may need serial stools  
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C diff toxin assay specimen criteria   specimen >5 ml (fridge if >1 hr); pt 5 soft/liquid stools /24 hr; submit 3 specimens on 3 different days  
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Gold std for pseudomem colitis   tissue cx (rarely done; usu do toxin assays); if done, need bx and anaerobic cx  
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3 most commonly screened bac pathogens   Salmonella, Shigella & Campylobacter (4 other important patho: Vibrio, Aeromonas, Yersinia & E. coli O157:H7; all cx except E Coli: testing stool for toxin)  
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Bac stool cx specimen   fresh/unpreserved <2 hr; or preserved (Cary-Blair) <96 hr; not in pts hosp > 3 days  
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O&P specimen   parapak; if fresh: <2hr (liquid) or <4hr (formed); 1 spec/pt/wk or 1/hosp; reject if immunocompetent >6 yo or hosp >3 days  
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Acid fast stain for:   crypto and cyclospora  
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IFA: for:   Giardia (uses monoclonal Ab); also avail for Crypto  
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Rotavirus   F/O trans; Jan-May; kids 6 mo-2 yr; 1-3 d incub, lasts 5-8 d; EIA: 1 mL stool, fridge if delay  
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PCR for Norovirus   ONLY performed for epidemiologic reasons  
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Fecal fat   screen for malabsorption dz; gold std: Quant: high-fat diet x2d before & during collection (72 hrs); normal <7g/24hrs; Qual: Sudan stain (high-fat diet): Pos = multiple fat drops seen (40x obj)  
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Tests for C diff:   Cytotoxin B in stool is definitive (takes 24h); rapid ELISA for enterotoxin A & B faster but less sensitive  
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Positive FOBT should always be followed by:   colonoscopy (and no more FOBTs needed) Negative FOBT tests: should be:  
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comma shaped GNR, sensitive to low pH   V cholera; stims adenyl cyclase to overproduce cAMP  
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Shigella dx studies   fecal WBC & RBCs, +stool cx; sigmoidoscopy: inflamed engorged mucosa, punctate lesions, ulcers  
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