TABLE 1.
Results of PCR and Stoll's egg count compared to formalin-ether technique
| Diagnosis for stool specimen (n)a | No. of specimens with indicated PCR result by egg count groupb
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive
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Negative
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| <200 | 200-1,000 | >1,000 | <200 | 200-1,000 | >1,000 | |
| O. viverrini (40) | 1 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Other parasitic infections (45) | 0 | 3c | 0 | 28 | 8 | 6 |
a
Diagnosis was performed based on the formalin-ether technique.
b
Egg count was performed by Stoll's technique and expressed as eggs per gram of feces.
c
One specimen was diagnosed as an echinostome, and the others were diagnosed as mixed infections with Taenia spp. and O. viverrini.