Comparison of the Quantitative Formalin Ethyl Acetate Concentration Technique and Agar Plate Culture for Diagnosis of Human Strongyloidiasis
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (4), 1932-3
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.4.1932-1933.2005
Abstract
The quantitative formalin ethyl acetate concentration technique (QFEC) was compared to agar plate culture (APC) for the detection of Strongyloides stercoralis larvae. QFEC could substitute for APC only when the parasite load was higher than 50 larvae per g of stool. This study serves as a good reminder to those conducting stool exams about the sensitivity and specificity limitations of both techniques.Keywords
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