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


Autoria(s): Kobayashi,Jun; Hasegawa,Hideo; Soares,Elza C; Toma,Hiromu; Correia Dacal,Alfred R. do; Brito,Meane C; Yamanaka,Ademar; Foli,Archimedes A; Sato,Yoshiya
Data(s)

01/08/1996

Resumo

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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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000400007

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.38 n.4 1996

Palavras-Chave #Strongyloidiasis #Prevalence #Brazil #Agar-plate culture.
Tipo

journal article