Comparison of microscopy, real-time PCR and a rapid immunoassay for the detection of Giardia lamblia in human stool specimens

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1186-1191

  Schuurman, T ^a,c   Lankamp, P ^a   van Belkum, A ^b   Kooistra Smid, M ^a   van Zwet, A ^a  

^a Laboratory for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Faeces; Giardia lamblia; Immunoasssay; Microscopy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPONSE TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ANIMALS; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35848938727     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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