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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Santos Fred Luciano Neves, Cerqueira Elúzio José Lima, Soares Neci Matos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005
Subjects:
Kato-Katz
Direct examination
Sensitivity
Specificity
Prevalence
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/29414b70208c462a8860c4f68ff936d7
Description
Summary: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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