Etiologies of bloody diarrhea in children presenting with acute gastroenteritis to US emergency departments.

Paola Fonseca-RomeroSharia M AhmedBen J BrintzD Matthew VierkantJennifer Dien BardDaniel M CohenAra FestekjianAmy L LeberJami T JacksonNeena KanwarChari LarsenRangaraj SelvaranganKimberle C ChapinAndrew T PaviaDaniel T Leung

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)

Among 111 children presenting with bloody diarrhea in a multicenter study of molecular testing in US emergency departments, we found viral pathogens in 18%, bacteria in 48%, protozoa in 2%, and no pathogens detected in 38%.

Keyphrases

young adults
irritable bowel syndrome
case report
sars cov
antimicrobial resistance
clostridium difficile
drug induced
aortic dissection
multidrug resistant
single molecule