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occult blood

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occult blood [ə′kəlt ′bləd]
(pathology)
Blood in body products such as feces, not detectable on gross examination.


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Samples were cultured on SMAC (Remel) and cefixime-tellurite SMAC (7), and samples from the 2 hospitals were tested for occult blood (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA) before EIA testing.
The plant will repackage urine test papers for shipment to Japan and manufacture drugs for stool testing for occult blood for the U.
I have seen capitated physicians throw positive stools for occult blood in the garbage to avoid the cost of a colonoscopy and missing cancers that could have been diagnosed earlier.
 
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