The "3-Day Rule" for Stool Tests May Not Apply When Using PCR Panels

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA StacyGBeal@ufl.edu.
² College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

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Stacy G Beal et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2018.

. 2018 Mar 26;56(4):e02012-17.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.02012-17. Print 2018 Apr.

¹ Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA StacyGBeal@ufl.edu.
² College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

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Keywords: 3-day rule; GI panel; stool testing.

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Reply to Beal et al., 'The "3-Day Rule" for Stool Tests May Not Apply When Using PCR Panels'.
Procop GW, Nikolic D, Asamoto K, Wyllie R, Tuttle R, Richter SS. Procop GW, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Mar 26;56(4):e02029-17. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02029-17. Print 2018 Apr. J Clin Microbiol. 2018. PMID: 29581320 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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