Stool Examination
Specimens:
Freshly passed stool, if possible, quantity about thumb-sized
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Formalin-ether centrifugation technique
for intestinal parasites (50 Baht)
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Acid
fast stain for Cryptosporidium, Isospora, and Cyclospora
(40 Baht)
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Chromotrope stain for microsporidium
(Special, contact before request)
- Agar plate
culture for Strongyloides (Special, contact before request)
Blood examination
Specimens:
Thick blood film, 1x1 cm area; Knott: 1 mL blood with anticoagulant
Thick blood film/Giemsa stain for malaria
and filariasis (40 Baht)
Knott's concentration technique for
filariasis (Special, contact before request)
Sputum and bronchoalveolar
lavage examination
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Simple smear for Paragonimus
eggs, Strongyloides larva (40 Baht)
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Modified Toluidine
blue O stain for Pneumocystis carinii (60 Baht)
Serological Tests
Specimens:
At least 0.1 mL of serum, or 2 mL clotted blood. For cerebral
infection: also send 1 mL CSF
65 Bath for each ELISA test
ELISA test for
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Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
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Angiostrongyliasis (Angiostrongylus
cantonensis)
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Cysticercosis (Taenia solium)
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Gnathostomiasis (Gnathostoma spinigerum)
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Sparganosis (Sparganum: special upon
request)
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Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
Miscellaneous
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Specimen (suspected parasite) identification
- Differentiation of Taenia solium
and Taenia saginata gravid proglottis
by India ink technique
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Consultation
Updated Nov 2002
For more information, please
call 5342-4
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