Efficacy of stool multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay in adult patients with acute infectious diarrhea

Figure 1 Distribution of detected bacterial pathogens by stool polymerase chain reaction (n = 197). E. coli Escherichia coli; C. difficile: Clostridium difficile.

Figure 2 Distribution of detected bacterial pathogens by stool culture (n = 21). C. difficile: Clostridium difficile.

Figure 3 Area under receiver operating characteristic curve of fecal calprotectin for detecting bacterial pathogen by stool polymerase chain reaction (area under the curve = 0. 699, 95%CI: 0.599-0.798).