Quantative assesment of kato‐katz thick smear and formol‐ether concentration technique for the diagnosis of ascaris lumbricoides

Authors

  • Hamida Khanum
  • Mafruha Alam
  • Imtiaz Khalil
  • Rashidul Haque

Keywords:

Kato?katz, Concentration technique, Ascaris lumbricoides

Abstract

The quantitative analysis of A. lumbricoides eggs in stool of 205 subjects
(male 101 and female 104) showed that the mean eggs per gram(EPG) by Kato‐
Katz (KK) (EPG = 11130.89) was markedly higher than those of Formal‐Ether
concentration technique (FE) (EPG = 1593.32). Co‐efficient of correlation was
significant (r = 0.453**) at p = 0.01 level. Age based comparison among the
subjects also revealed that KK had a better quantification of A. lumbricoides eggs
than FE.

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Published

2017-03-14

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Articles