Avaliação da eficiência dos métodos Direto, COPROTEST e Rugai no diagnóstico da estrongiloidíase

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2004-12-01

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Alvarenga, Vera Lucy de Santi [UNESP]
Ferraz, P. F. [UNESP]

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Strongyloidiasis, a relatively common parasitism in tropical and sub-tropical areas, is the result of the infection by the smaller nematode, the Strongyloides stercoralis. Humans can be infected by this parasite, which has in its vital cycle free-life forms of male and female individuals able to live in the ground, and with another step necessary parasitism in the intestinal wall. The diagnostic of the infection is routinely done by the microscopic observation of the larva in stool samples and the high sensibility of urn method over another one allows an trustable and efficient diagnostic. The efficiency of three methods (Direct, COPROTEST and Rugai) used in the Parasitology Sector of the NAC-LACAL in Araraquara (SP) to diagnosis the strongiloidiasis were evaluated. A number of 2346 samples of stool of patients from NAC-LACAL and Nestor Goulart Reis Hospital were analyzed in the period between August and December of 2002. The Rugai Method with an positivity index of 65 % was elected as the most efficient of thee ones.

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Diagnostic, methods comparison, Strongyloides stercoralis, controlled study, diagnostic approach route, diagnostic test, feces analysis, intermethod comparison, larval stage, life cycle, nonhuman, parasite identification, parasite isolation, strongyloidiasis

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Revista de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, v. 25, n. 1, p. 53-57, 2004.