Table 1. Patients´ stool sample numbers included in this study and parasitological and molecular tests applied for Strongyloides stercoralis detection.
Patients´ stool samples | ||||||||||||
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030 | 140 | 231 | 232 | 338 | 339 | 496a | 069 | 259 | 331 | 468b | 126c | |
Tests | ||||||||||||
APC | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | |||
HMM | + | + | - | - | - | - | ||||||
MOE | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | |||
RT-PCR | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - | - |
LAMP | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | - |
APC, agar plate culture; HMM, Harada-Mori´s method; MOE, microscopic examination
´+´ and ´-´ represent positive and negative results, respectively.
ano parasitological method applied.
bpositive for Taenia saginata.
cpositive for hookworm.