A calprotectin stool test detects levels of calprotectin in stool. This protein indicates bowel inflammation. It can help diagnose and monitor conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A ...

Circulating calprotectin has emerged as a sensitive and clinically valuable biomarker reflecting inflammatory activity across ...

The Diagnostics Advisory Committee discussed the focus of the evaluation and the evidence available for faecal calprotectin testing. It noted that evidence existed on faecal calprotectin testing in ...

July 22, 2010 — A new approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) — fecal calprotectin testing — is a useful tool for identifying patients who are most likely to need endoscopy for ...

A simple screening test identifies patients who are most likely to have inflammatory bowel disease and reduces the need for expensive, invasive and time consuming endoscopies, finds a new study. A ...

Of 575 patients enrolled in the study, 538 (94%, 248 male, 290 female) were included in the final analysis (Figure 1). Thirty-seven patients (6.4%) were excluded; 6 patients for incomplete endoscopy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has cleared a fully automated random access calprotectin assay to assist in the diagnosis of ...

Carus Animal Health has launched a free educational booklet for veterinary professionals on the use of faecal calprotectin in ...

The External Assessment Group did a systematic review of the evidence on cost effectiveness for faecal calprotectin testing and constructed a de novo economic model. The outcomes of interest for the ...

A simple screening test identifies patients who are most likely to have inflammatory bowel disease and reduces the need for expensive, invasive and time consuming endoscopies, finds a study published ...