Etiologies of Bloody Diarrhea in Children Presenting With Acute Gastroenteritis to US Emergency Departments
We used molecular testing to examine the causes of bloody diarrhea in a multicenter study of pediatric gastroenteritis. Pathogens typically associated with bloody diarrhea were detected in less than half of cases, and inappropriate antibiotic use was common, supporting the use of stool testing in patients with bloody diarrhea.
Authors
- Amy L. Leber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3075-3586)
- Ben J. Brintz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-0290)
- Judy A. Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-7023)
- Daniel T. Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8401-0801)
- Ara Festekjian
- Chari Larsen
- Kevin M. Bourzac
- Benjamin Haaland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6270-6303)
- Rangaraj Selvarangan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3275-6657)
- Kristen Holmberg
- Tyler Bardsley
- Jeffrey M. Bender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9768-264X)
- Sharia M. Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-5712)
- Neena Kanwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3923-2453)
- Jennifer Dien Bard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0524-9473)
- Kimberle C. Chapin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8465-9894)
- Jami Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6685-1110)
- Paola Fonseca-Romero
- D. Matthew Vierkant
- Daniel M. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0352-7989)
- Susan Duffy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1705-7527)
- Daniel M. Cohen
- Christopher Stockmann
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Spencer Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae692
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- BioFire Diagnostics
- Norges Idrettshøgskole
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences