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Performance of Fecal Inflammatory Biomarkers to Identify Watery Shigellosis: Findings from the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella Surveillance Study

2026-02-14 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundCurrent syndromic guidelines for diarrhea treatment miss watery Shigella cases, leading to undertreatment of children who may benefit. Incorporating fecal inflammatory biomarkers into diagnosis may improve case identification. MethodsWe conducted an ancillary analysis using samples from six sites (The Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Peru) from the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH)-Shigella surveillance study, a facility-based hybrid study of children aged 6-35 months ...

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