Open AccessRapid fecal calprotectin testing to assess for endoscopic disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease: A diagnostic cohort study
Author(s) -
Lukasz Kwapisz,
Mahmoud Mosli,
Nilesh Chande,
Brian Yan,
Melanie Beaton,
Jessica Micsko,
Pauline W Mennill,
William Barnett,
Kevin Bax,
Terry Ponich,
John M. Howard,
Anthony Tirolese,
Robert Lannigan,
James C. Gregor
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.170948
Subject(s) - calprotectin , medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , gastroenterology , disease , feces , cohort study , cohort , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
With increasing numbers of patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), it is important to identify noninvasive methods of detecting disease activity. The aim of this study is to examine the diagnostic accuracy of fecal rapid calprotectin (FC) testing in the detection of endoscopically active IBD.