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Role of Immunological Method of Fecal Occult Blood Test for Screening Colorectal Diseases [PDF]

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2011
Background: Colorectal diseases specially colorectal carcinoma is one of the major health problems throughout the world. Therefore, early diagnosis of these diseases is mandatory.
Farida Yeasmin, Mohammad Asadur Rahman, Akmat Ali, Tuhin Sultana, Md Quddusur Rahman, AN Nashimuddin Ahmed, Projesh Kumar Roy   +6 more
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FECAL OCCULT BLOOD: A COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL AND IMMUNOCHEMICAL TESTS

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
BACKGROUND: Colorectal bleeding is a warning sign that may be identified by fecal occult blood testing. A positive fecal occult blood test result requires a subsequent colonoscopy, a costly and invasive examination.
Luana Vilarinho BORGES, Rejane MATTAR, Joyce Matie Kinoshita da SILVA, Ana Luiza Werneck da SILVA, Flair José CARRILHO, Cláudio Lyoiti HASHIMOTO   +5 more
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Fecal Occult Blood Test and Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2010
Stool specimens of 1238 workers in western region of Saudi Arabia were examined for infection with intestinal parasites and for fecal occult blood (FOB) to investigate the possibility that enteroparasites correlate to occult intestinal bleeding.
Majed H. Wakid
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Absence of occult hepatitis B among blood donors in southern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by the detection of HBV DNA in serum and/or in liver in the absence of detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg).
Fernando Herz Wolff, Sandra Costa Fuchs, Ajacio BM Brandão   +2 more
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Absence of occult hepatitis B among blood donors in southern Brazil [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by the detection of HBV DNA in serum and/or in liver in the absence of detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg).
Fernando Herz Wolff, MD, PhD., Sandra Costa Fuchs, Ajacio B.M. Brandão   +2 more
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Pretreatment Blood Markers in the Prediction of Occult Neck Metastasis: A 10-Year Retrospective Study [PDF]

, 2021
Introduction The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of inflammatory blood markers in the management of early-stage (T1-T2) oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) of the tongue in patients with a clinically negative neck.
Salgado, Inês, Barros, João, Millán, Ana, Vilares, Miguel, Zagalo, Carlos, Gomes, Pedro, Ventura, Eduardo   +6 more
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Colorectal cancer testing rates after implementation of an organised screening programme in Vaud, Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023
AIMS OF THE STUDY: Canton Vaud, Switzerland, implemented an organised colorectal cancer  screening programme with colonoscopy and faecal occult blood tests in 2015, 4 to 6 years ahead of neighbouring cantons.
Christina Hempel-Bruder, Lamprini Syrogiannouli, Rémi Schneider, Sarah Bissig, Oliver Senn, Kali Tal, Jean-Luc Bulliard, Cyril Ducros, Christian P. R. Schmid, Reto Auer, Kevin Selby   +10 more
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Risk for Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Serially Positive Fecal Immunochemistry Test in an Annual Screening Program

Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2021
Objectives: There are patients who do not undergo colonoscopy even if the fecal immunochemistry test (FIT) results are positive and even with repeated positive test results the following year.
Takuji Kawamura, Kana Amamiya, Naonori Inoue, Naokuni Sakiyama, Yusuke Okada, Kasumi Sanada, Mai Kamaguchi, Kenichi Nishioji, Kiyohito Tanaka, Koji Uno, Kenjiro Yasuda   +10 more
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Risk of Diabetes in Subjects with Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021
Background Positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results have been recently suggested as a risk factor for systemic inflammation. Diabetes induces inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract via several ways. We investigated the association between FIT
Kwang Woo Kim, Hyun Jung Lee, Kyungdo Han, Jung Min Moon, Seung Wook Hong, Eun Ae Kang, Jooyoung Lee, Hosim Soh, Seong-Joon Koh, Jong Pil Im, Joo Sung Kim   +10 more
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Fecal occult blood and fecal calprotectin as point-of-care markers of intestinal morbidity in Ugandan children with Schistosoma mansoni infection. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Calprotectin is a calcium-binding cytoplasmic protein found in neutrophils and increasingly used as a marker of bowel inflammation. Fecal occult blood (FOB) is also a dependable indicator of bowel morbidity.
Stothard J. Russell, Kabatereine, N B, Bustinduy, Amaya L, Bustinduy, A L, Kabatereine, N, Fenwick Alan, Alan Fenwick, Betson Martha, LSHTM, Amaya L Bustinduy, Stothard, Russell; id_orcid, Narcis Kabatereine, J Russell Stothard, Ministry of Health, Uganda, Moses Adriko, Sousa-Figueiredo José C., Stothard, J Russell, Kabatereine, Narcis, Kabatereine Narcis, Betson, M, Liverpool, Bustinduy Amaya L., Betson, Martha, Adriko, M, Stothard, JR, Stothard, J R, Fenwick, A, Bustinduy, Amaya L., Sousa-Figueiredo, J C, Adriko Moses, Imperial College London, Bustinduy, AL, Sousa-Figueiredo, José C., Sousa-Figueiredo, JC, Sousa-Figueiredo, Jose C, Martha Betson, Adriko, Moses, José C Sousa-Figueiredo, Fenwick, Alan   +38 more
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