Evaluation of the EasyScreen™ Enteric Parasite Detection Kit for the detection of Blastocystis spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Dientamoeba fragilis, Entamoeba complex, and Giardia intestinalis from clinical stool samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-152

  Stark, D ^a,b   Roberts, T ^a,b   Ellis, J T ^b,c   Marriott, D ^a,b   Harkness, J ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Dientamoeba; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DETECTION KIT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

DIAGNOSTICS; DIENTAMOEBA; PCR;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICROSCOPY; PARASITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892487945     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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