Etiologies of Bloody Diarrhea in Children Presenting With Acute Gastroenteritis to US Emergency Departments.

Creator(s)

Paola Fonseca-Romero
Ben J. Brintz
D Matthew Vierkant
Jennifer Dien Bard
Daniel M. Cohen
Ara Festekjian
Amy L. Leber
Jami T. Jackson
Neena Kanwar, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Chari Larsen
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Kimberle C. Chapin
Andrew T. Pavia
Sharia M. Ahmed
Daniel T. Leung
IMPACT study investigators

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2024

Identifier

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae692; PMCID: PMC11651156

Abstract

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.

Journal Title

Open Forum Infect Dis

Volume

11

Issue

12

First Page

692

Last Page

692

Keywords

antibiotic; bloody diarrhea; gastroenteritis; multiplex panel; pediatric

Comments

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Publisher's Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae692

Recommended Citation

Fonseca-Romero P, Brintz BJ, Vierkant DM, et al. Etiologies of Bloody Diarrhea in Children Presenting With Acute Gastroenteritis to US Emergency Departments. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024;11(12):ofae692. Published 2024 Nov 27. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae692