<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A modified McMaster method has been used for the diagnosis and estimating helminth egg load in human faecal samples obtained from random consecutive patients in the areas non-endemic for helminth infections (Slovak Republic, North West Russia). Both positive and negative findings were in a 100 % concordance to those obtained with a reference method accepted in clinical diagnostic laboratories (microscopy of the native stool smear). The McMaster method was efficient in detecting nematode eggs in patients’ stool samples with egg load varying from very low (15–60 epg for T. trichiura) to moderate (1650–4500 epg for A. lumbricoides). Therefore, this method may be successfully (and with a better technical feasibility) used for the diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections in non-endemic areas, with further quantitative analysis of the sample when required.</p></abstract>

A modified McMaster method has been used for the diagnosis and estimating helminth egg load in human faecal samples obtained from random consecutive patients in the areas non-endemic for helminth infections (Slovak Republic, North West Russia). Both positive and negative findings were in a 100 % concordance to those obtained with a reference method accepted in clinical diagnostic laboratories (microscopy of the native stool smear). The McMaster method was efficient in detecting nematode eggs in patients’ stool samples with egg load varying from very low (15–60 epg for T. trichiura) to moderate (1650–4500 epg for A. lumbricoides). Therefore, this method may be successfully (and with a better technical feasibility) used for the diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections in non-endemic areas, with further quantitative analysis of the sample when required.

Use of modified McMaster method for the diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections and estimating parasitic egg load in human faecal samples in non-endemic areas

North West Research Centre for Hygiene and Public Health, Vtoraya Sovetskaya St. 4, 193036, St. Petersburg, Russia

Parasitological Institute SAS, Hlinkova 3, 04001, Košice, Slovak Republic

Second Clinic for Children and Adolescents, SNP 1, 04011, Košice, Slovak Republic

Helminthologia

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A modified McMaster method has been used for the diagnosis and estimating helminth egg load in human faecal samples obtained from random consecutive patients...

Use of modified McMaster method for the diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections and estimating parasitic egg load in human faecal samples in non-endemic areas

Published Online: Apr 25, 2009

Page range: 62 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0012-0

Keywords
McMaster method, helminth eggs, human faecal samples, diagnosis, non-endemic area

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Use of modified McMaster method for the diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections and estimating parasitic egg load in human faecal samples in non-endemic areas

Published Online: Apr 25, 2009

Page range: 62 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0012-0

KeywordsMcMaster method, helminth eggs, human faecal samples, diagnosis, non-endemic area

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
McMaster method, helminth eggs, human faecal samples, diagnosis, non-endemic area