A change to stool testing using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology was associated with reductions in endoscopy, abdominal radiology and use of antibiotics, according to the authors of a new study.
The researchers, from Columbia University Medical Center and NYU Langone Health, both in New York City, performed a retrospective analysis of patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia in New York City. In 2015, the health care system switched from stool culture and ova and parasites