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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2002 ; 33 Suppl 3(): 97-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32915
ABSTRACT
The formol-ether method is a widely used technique for stool examination. We performed a comparative study of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and normal saline preparation for the formol-ether technique in the detection of intestinal parasites. Of 30 parasite-containing stool samples, 22 (73%) were positive by 0.1 N NaOH and 18 (60%) were positive by normal saline. The detection rate of both preparations was not significantly different (p>0.05).