Comparison of the thick smear and Kato-Katz techniques for diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections

This study compared the efficiency of Kato-Katz thick smear and thick smear techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal helminths. The sensitivity of the thick smear technique was higher than that of the Kato-Katz method for the diagnosis of all helminths except Schistosoma mansoni.

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Auteurs principaux: Santos,Fred Luciano Neves, Cerqueira,Elúzio José Lima, Soares,Neci Matos
Format: Digital revista
Langue:English
Publié: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2005
Accès en ligne:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200016
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