Additionally, although lactoferrin is a marker of intestinal inflammation, it is nonspecific, and, in our study, the presence of positive lactoferrin did not seem to correlate with the presence of acute infectious diarrhea (P > 0.05, Fisher exact test) and therefore, as recommended by IDSA, it should not be used to establish the cause of acute infectious diarrhea (7). Here, LTF is linked to Diarrhea.