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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Stool examination is required for diagnosis of infection with -
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The correct answer is  Ans. is 'a' i.e., Staph food poisoning; 'b' i.e., Clostridia; 'c' i.e., Shigella All these organisms (option a to d) can cause diarrhea and stool should be examined for diagnosis. Diagnostic approach to infectious diarrhea . After the severity of illness is assessed, the most impoant distinction that the clinician must make is between inflammatory and noninflammatory disease. . Examination of a stool sample is an impoant supplement to the narrative history. . Stool should be examined for blood, leukocytes and mucus. . Fecal lactoferrin is a marker of fecal leukocytes and can be detected by later agglutination or ELISA. For options 'e' "Since pinworm (E. vermicularis) eggs not usually released in the bowel, the diagnosis cannot be made by looking for eggs in the feces".