Studies on prevalence of Strongyloides infection in Holambra and Maceió, Brazil, by the agar plate faecal culture method

Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in three areas of Brazil was surveyed by a recently developed faecal culture method (an agar plate culture). The Strongyloides infection was confirmed in 11.3% of 432 subjects examined. The diagnostic efficacy of the agar plate culture was as high as 93.9% compared to only 28.5% and 26.5% by the Harada-Mori filter paper culture and faecal concentration methods, when faecal samples were examined simultaneously by these three methods. Among the 49 positive samples, about 60% were confirmed to be positive only by the agar plate culture. These results indicate that the agar plate culture is a sensitive new tool for the correct diagnosis of chronic Strongyloides infection.

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Autores principales:	Kobayashi,Jun, Hasegawa,Hideo, Soares,Elza C, Toma,Hiromu, Correia Dacal,Alfred R. do, Brito,Meane C, Yamanaka,Ademar, Foli,Archimedes A, Sato,Yoshiya
Formato:	Digital revista
Idioma:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1996
Acceso en línea:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000400007
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