Comparison of microscopy, culture, and conventional polymerase chain reaction for detection of Blastocystis sp. in clinical stool samples

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 308-312

  Roberts, Tamalee ^a,b   Barratt, Joel ^a,b   Harkness, John ^a   Ellis, John ^b   Stark, Damien ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN; IRON; RIBOSOME DNA; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS SP.;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952635861     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0447     Document Type: Article

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