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Value of the agar plate method for the diagnosis of intestinal strongyloidiasis
S A Salazar1, C Gutierrez, S L Berk
1Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, College of Medicine, Mountain Home, USA.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
An agar plate method for the diagnosis of intestinal strongyloidiasis was compared to the standard formalin-ethyl acetate concentration method. A total of 13 of 225 patients with eosinophilia had positive stools for strongyloides larva by agar plate compared to six of 225 by the formalin-ethyl acetate method (P = .0455). Nine positive stool specimens by the agar plate method were tested by the Baermann technique, and five were positive. The agar plate method is a sensitive and efficient technique for the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis.