Comparison of methods investigating Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica, and Cryptosporidium spp. in stool samples of patients with diarrhea | ||||
| Parasitologists United Journal | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 16, Issue 3, December 2023, Page 171-176 PDF (347.55 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/puj.2023.231013.1220 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ayşe Kafa* 1; Fatih Çubuk2; Rukiye Aslan3; Mürşit Hasbek1 | ||||
| 1Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Sivas | ||||
| 2Ministry of Health General Directorate of Public Health, Department of Microbiology Reference Laboratory and Biological Products, Ankara | ||||
| 3Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Sivas & Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Sivas , Türkiye | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Intestinal protozoan infections (IPIs), common all over the world, are an important public health problem, especially in developing countries. Different diagnostic methods are used for the diagnosis of causative agents in diarrhea cases. Objective: This study aims to analyze results of direct microscopy, coproantigen detection test, and PCR technique in diagnosis of G. intestinalis, E. histolytica/dispar, and Cryptosporidium spp. in stool samples of patients with diarrhea. Subjects and Methods: Fresh stool samples were collected from 683 patients complaining of diarrhea, and simultaneously examined by direct microscopy, commercial rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for detection of coproantigens, and molecularly using PCR technique. Results: The overall detection rate of parasites was 3.7% by direct microscopy, 6.6% by RDTs and 2% by PCR technique. Moderate, and weak fits were recorded between direct microscopy and RDTs results (Kappa=0.46, P<0.001), and between direct microscopy and PCR technique results (Kappa=0.236, P<0.001), respectively. No fit (Kappa=0.108, P=0.001) was recorded between coproantigen detection test and PCR technique results. Conclusion: It was concluded that direct microscopy and RDTs will be the correct approach in the first instance in the suspicion of IPIs. Despite high cost of PCR technique, it should be considered in differentiation between pathogenic and non-pathogenic amoeba, and genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| coproantigens; diagnostic methods; intestinal protozoa; microscopy; PCR; rapid diagnostic tests | ||||
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