Sentence examples for primary stool from inspiring English sources

The stools from which these strains were isolated contained neither stx genes as demonstrated by PCR screening of enriched primary stool cultures, nor free Stx as demonstrated by the Vero cell assay on stool filtrates, nor any classic bacterial enteric pathogens including Salmonella, Shigella, and Yersinia spp., and Campylobacter jejuni.

Of all 247 cases, 249 strains were isolated from primary stool cultures of patients or their close contacts with VTEC infection.

This method is preferred because it correlates well with methods based on testing of randomly collected colonies from primary stool culture, but it is more sensitive (11, 19 ).

For confirmation of the outbreak, laboratories involved in primary stool diagnostics in Halle as well as local general practitioners and paediatricians in Halle were interviewed regarding current sample loads of incoming diarrhoea stools, routine test procedures, laboratory testing frequency and the number (and perceived trends in numbers) of patients presenting with diarrhoea.

–  Primary variable: Stool frequency over the 4 weeks of treatment.

Also in accordance with practice guidelines and confirmed by experts in primary care, stool sampling is not routine practice and is not included in the model.

The primary endpoint (stool form) and secondary endpoints (pain perception, urgency of defaecation, bloating, frequency of defaecation per day, number of days per week with pain, urgency or bloating, and IBS SS) are averages over the last 2 weeks of each treatment period.

Consequently, WASH interventions are designed either as primary (eg, safe stool disposal and handwashing with soap after stool contact) or secondary (handwashing before cooking and eating, fly control, and drinking water treatment) [ 10] barriers to these "F" pathways.

Primary endpoint is stool frequency.

Primary outcome was stool frequency and consistency, classified at different levels of diarrhoea severity.

The primary outcomes were stool frequency, faecal incontinence and overall treatment success at 8 weeks.