Routine Parasitological Practice: Stool Examination – Biological Times

Routine Parasitological Practice: Stool Examination

Publication Date : 31/01/2025


Author(s) :

Shameeran Salman Ismael.


Volume/Issue :
Volume 4
,
Issue 1
(01 - 2025)



Abstract :

A stool sample is used for the detection and identification of morphological stages of the protozoa and helminths (trophozoite, cyst, oocyst, egg, larvae, whole worm, or a segment of worm). There are several stool methods are used for the diagnosis of parasitic diseases which are divided first into macroscopic and microscopic stool methods. The microscopic stool methods are also divided into qualitative methods (Direct stool smear, concentrated flotation method, concentrated sedimentation method, Telmman method, Barman method, and copro-culture), which are used to know the type of parasite, and the quantitative stool method (MacMaster and stoll methods), are used to determine the No. of eggs/larvae in one gram of stool to determine the severity of infection. This article aimed to overview the routine stool methods used in the Parasitology Lab.


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