Giemsa stain is a type of Romanowsky stain, named after Gustav Giemsa, a German chemist who created a dye solution. It was primarily designed for the demonstration of malarial parasites in blood smears, but it […]
Laboratory diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections can be carried out by detection and identification of the parasites or their particular stages (ova/egg, cyst, larva or trophozoite) in the stool specimen. Stool sample collection: Stool specimen […]
This post was most recently updated on August 21st, 2018 Rapid diagnostic tests or RDTs for Malaria are a way to test whether a person with malaria like symptoms actually has malaria. Malaria parasites produce proteins […]
Giardia lamblia also known as Giardia intestinalis, or Giardia duodenalis is a protozoan flagellates. It is transmitted by faecal-oral route and causes the diarrheal illness called giardiasis (popularly known as beaver fever). General Characteristics Geographical distribution: worldwide; found in […]
This post was most recently updated on July 26th, 2016Entero-Test also known as string test or duodenal parasites test is a simple and convenient method of sampling duodenal contents/gastrointestinal fluid. The sample is examined to […]
This post was most recently updated on November 5th, 2016Entamoeba histolytica is an enteric protozoan parasite with worldwide distribution. It is responsible for amoebic dysentery (bloody diarrhea) and invasive extraintestinal amebiasis (such as liver abscess, peritonitis, pleuropulmonary […]
This post was most recently updated on June 14th, 2016Kato Katz technique is used for qualitative and semi-quantitative diagnosis of intestinal helminthic infestations; caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm and especially Schistosoma spp. WHO has […]
This post was most recently updated on July 11th, 2016Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite. It causes trichomoniasis; a sexually transmitted infection. The primary habitat of this organism is vagina and prostate. In infected female […]
This post was most recently updated on January 26th, 2017The NNN (Novy-MCNeal-Nicolle), medium is a common and world known medium for isolation of the agent of the genus Leishmania, that causes Leishmaniasis (cutaneous, mucocutaneous or visceral) . Culture […]
This post was most recently updated on January 20th, 2017Two methods, thick and thin blood smear microscopy are regarded as the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of malaria. Quantitative Buffy Coat is another direct and […]
This post was most recently updated on October 2nd, 2016Bacillary dysentery also known as shigellosis is a bacterial disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella spp. Other bacterial cause of dysentery are, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, […]
This post was most recently updated on December 28th, 2015Taeniasis is the parasitic infection of humans caused by adult tapeworm species; i.e. Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) or Taenia asiatica (Asian tapeworm). T. solium and T. saginata have […]
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