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Audience: Gastroenterologists, primary care providers
In this new comprehensive guideline, researchers developed graded recommendations on diagnosis, management, and prevention of acute diarrheal infections based on a systematic review of evidence.
In acute diarrhea (duration, 1–14 days), perform stool cultures and new culture-independent molecular assays (if available) when a patient is at high risk of spreading disease or during outbreaks.
Consider stool diagnostic tests in presence of dysentery, moderate-to-severe disease, or symptom duration >7 days.
Supplement traditional diagnostic stool tests (culture, microscopy with or without …