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Fecal Occult Blood Test

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1.   Jul 25, 2007 6:19 PM

» P_Al - changed bowel habits

In response to changed bowel habits posted by redback:


My understanding is that a stool culture doesn't substitute for an FOBT. The latter detects blood that is not visible to the naked eye while the former checks for bacteria that may cause GI symptoms.

Alternatives would include colonoscopy, barium enema and a newer option called fecal DNA testing which has been found to have a higher sensitivity than FOBT for invasive tumours. You could have a look at the following article.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/5122...

-- posted by P_Al


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