TABLE 2.

Comparison of microscopic examination of modified acid-fast-stained fecal smears and multiplex E. histolytica-G. lamblia-C. parvum real-time PCR for detection of Cryptosporidium infection in an immunocompromised child with complaints of diarrhea

Date of stool collection (day-mo-yr)	Microscopy result	Multiplex real-time PCR
		Result	Ct value
31-5-2002	−	−
12-9-2002	−	+	32.7
17-9-2002	−	+	28.0
10-2-2003	+	+	26.8
18-2-2003	+	+	27.9
10-4-2003	−	+	37.1
29-4-2003	+	+	31.2
13-5-2003	+	+	27.8