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Stool Lactoferrin
Aka: Stool Lactoferrin- Indications
- Evaluation of Dysentery (Inflammatory Diarrhea)
- Mechanism
- Lactoferrin is a Leukocyte marker that increases in Bacterial Infections
- Stool Lactoferrin replaces fecal Leukocyte count
- Efficacy
- More accurate than Fecal Leukocytes in demonstrating inflammation
- Test Sensitivity: >90%
- Test Specificity: >70%
- References