Comparison between PCR and larvae visualization methods for diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis out of endemic area: A proposed algorithm

Acta Tropica

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-177

  Repetto, Silvia A ^a,c   Ruybal, Paula ^a   Solana, María Elisa ^a   López, Carlota ^b   Berini, Carolina A ^a   Alba Soto, Catalina D ^a   Cappa, Stella M González ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Endemic areas; Eosinophilia; Helminthiasis diagnosis; Nematode infections; PCR in stool samples molecular diagnosis; S. stercoralis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARVA; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISUALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVAL STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958248200     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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