To review the appropriateness of standard reference procedures for diagnostic parasitology, we examined 2,206 stool specimens in our laboratory by direct wet mounting with saline and iodine, by saline and iodine wet mounting from Formalin-ethyl acetate concentrates, and by permanent staining with Wheatley's modified trichrome method (W.B. Wheatley, Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 21: 990-991, 1951). Paras...

With the use of Weber's modified trichrome and Uvitex 2B techniques, spores of microsporidia were detected in the stools of four travelers presenting clinically with chronic diarrhea. The general health of these patients was not impaired, and human immunodeficiency virus screening was negative. Immune evaluation, including the study of lymphocytic subpopulations, assay of serum immunoglobulins,...

The aim of this study was to verify the occurrence of Cryptosporidium infection in 52 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients (group 1) and 38 clinically healthy individuals (group 2) by using enzyme immunoassay (EIA). All fecal samples collected were submitted to the Baermann, Lutz and Ritchie methods, the Safranin/Methylene Blue, and Weber's chrom...

Spirulinal powder supplementation is being studied to see if it can help slow the progression of aging in heart. As a control group, twenty male rabbits were randomly and equally divided into four groups, each receiving 150 mg/kg BW d-galactose S/C daily as Group II; 500 orally III; administration with IV for weeks. Using specific stain Masson's Trichrome, stained sections aorta from D-gal grou...

Background: Diarrheal diseases are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries second most common cause death children under five years. The main objective study was to determine prevalence intestinal parasites diarrheal patients Bandar Abbas, Southern Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional conducted assess parasitic infections associated factors among with diarrhea hospita...