Identification of Enteric Viruses in Oral Swabs from Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Ran Zhuo, Brendon D. Parsons, Bonita E. Lee, Steven J. Drews, Linda Chui, Marie Louie, Bryanne Crago, Stephen B. Freedman, Samina Ali, Xiaoli Pang The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 56-62 (January 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2017.09.003 Copyright © 2018 American Society for Investigative Pathology and the Association for Molecular Pathology Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram of pediatric patients recruited and samples collected. AGE, acute gastroenteritis, ED, emergency department, GPP, Luminex xTAG gastrointestinal pathogen panel; GVP, gastroenteritis virus panel. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 2018 20, 56-62DOI: (10.1016/j.jmoldx.2017.09.003) Copyright © 2018 American Society for Investigative Pathology and the Association for Molecular Pathology Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Vomiting is a key clinical feature that is associated with the positive detection of acute gastroenteritis–causing enteric viruses in both oral swabs and stool specimens. n = 83 OS+; n = 655 OS−; n = 397 SS+; n = 180 SS−. D, diarrhea; OS, oral swab; SS, stool specimen; V, vomiting. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 2018 20, 56-62DOI: (10.1016/j.jmoldx.2017.09.003) Copyright © 2018 American Society for Investigative Pathology and the Association for Molecular Pathology Terms and Conditions