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Stool Lactoferrin

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Stool Lactoferrin

  • Indications
  1. Evaluation of Dysentery (Inflammatory Diarrhea)
  • Mechanism
  1. Lactoferrin is a Leukocyte marker that increases in Bacterial Infections
  2. Stool Lactoferrin replaces fecal Leukocyte count
  • Efficacy
  1. More accurate than Fecal Leukocytes in demonstrating inflammation
  2. Test Sensitivity: >90%
  3. Test Specificity: >70%
  • References
  1. Hayakawa (2009) Intern Med 48(15): 1251-4 [PubMed]