Evaluation of lacto-phenol cotton blue (LPCB) for detection of Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora and Isospora in the wet mount preparation of stool

Acta Tropica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-354

  Parija, S C ^a   Shivaprakash, M R ^a   Jayakeerthi, S R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclospora; Isospora; Lacto phenol cotton blue (LPCB)

Indexed keywords

DYE; LACTO PHENOL COTTON BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; LACTOPHENOL COTTON BLUE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

PARASITIC DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; ISOSPORA; LABORATORY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RURAL AREA; STAINING; ANIMAL; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ISOSPORA;

ANIMALS; BENZENESULFONATES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; LACTIC ACID; PHENOLS;

EID: 0037343838     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00265-6     Document Type: Article

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