comparison of the triage micro parasite panel and microscopy for the detection of entamoeba histolyticaentamoeba dispar, giardia lamblia, and cryptosporidium parvum in stool samples collected in kenya英文论文.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Tropical Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 564721, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2012/564721 Research Article Comparison of the Triage Micro Parasite Panel and Microscopy for the Detection of Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum in Stool Samples Collected in Kenya Brett Swierczewski,1 Elizabeth Odundo,1 Janet Ndonye,1 Ronald Kirera,1 Cliff Odhiambo,1 and Edwin Oaks2 1 Kenya Medical Research Institute/Walter Reed Project, United States Army Medical Research Unit—Kenya, P.O. Box 1357, Kericho 20200, Kenya 2 Division of Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Brett Swierczewski, brett.swierczewski@ Received 28 March 2012; Revised 16 May 2012; Accepted 30 May 2012 Academic Editor: Blaise Genton Copyright © 2012 Brett Swierczewski et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum are three of the most important parasitic causes of acute diarrhea worldwide. Laboratory diagnosis of these parasites is usually done by ova and parasite examination (OP examination) via microscopy. The sensitivity and specificity of OP examination varies among laboratories and can be labor intensive and time consuming. The Triage Micro Parasite Panel (BioSite, San Diego, California) is an enzyme immunoassay kit that can detect E. histolytica/E. dispar, G. lamblia, and C. parvum simultaneously using fresh or frozen stool. The present study evaluated