Cryptosporidium spp. is an important parasitic protozoa causing diarrhea which is a severe life-threatening diarrhea especially in immunocompromised hosts. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of detection of Cryptosporidium spp. copro-antigen from fecal specimens by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test and comparing its sensitivity and specificity with some staining methods. The results revealed that Modified Acid-Fast stain is considered better than Giemsa in detecting Cryptosporidium species oocysts in faecal smears as their sensitivity were 67.5% and 53.75% respectively. On contrary, ELISA technique is considered the best method used for detection of cryptosporidial infection as its sensitivity is 90%.
GABR, N., ABDELLATIF, M., ABD EL-HAFEEZ, E., & ABD RABOU, R. (2014). COMPARISON BETWEEN ELISA AND VARIOUS STAINS TECHNIQUES IN LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 44(2), 509-516. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90410
MLA
NABIL S. GABR; MANAL Z. M. ABDELLATIF; EKHLAS H. ABD EL-HAFEEZ; REHAM A. M. ABD RABOU. "COMPARISON BETWEEN ELISA AND VARIOUS STAINS TECHNIQUES IN LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS", Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 44, 2, 2014, 509-516. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90410
HARVARD
GABR, N., ABDELLATIF, M., ABD EL-HAFEEZ, E., ABD RABOU, R. (2014). 'COMPARISON BETWEEN ELISA AND VARIOUS STAINS TECHNIQUES IN LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 44(2), pp. 509-516. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90410
VANCOUVER
GABR, N., ABDELLATIF, M., ABD EL-HAFEEZ, E., ABD RABOU, R. COMPARISON BETWEEN ELISA AND VARIOUS STAINS TECHNIQUES IN LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2014; 44(2): 509-516. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90410
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