Sensitivity of microscopy versus enzyme immunoassay in the laboratory diagnosis of giardiasis |
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Authors: | TG Mank JO Zaat AM Deelder JT van Eijk AM Polderman |
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Affiliation: | General Practitioners Laboratory, Haarlem, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | The substitution of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) techniques for microscopy as a screening tool for Giardia lamblia infection was assessed. Paired stool samples obtained within a ten-day period from 366 patients with persistent diarrhea were examined by microscopy. In addition, two commercially available Giardia lamblia-specific EIAs were performed. Compared with microscopy, EIA for copro-antigen detection was more sensitive, based on examination of either one or two stool samples. Repeated examinations increased the number of cases detected, more so for microscopy than EIA. The negative predictive values of the two EIAs performed on the first stool sample were 98.7% and 97.8%. The results show that EIA for detection of copro-antigens in a single stool sample may be almost as sensitive for identifying Giardia infection as repeated microscopy on two sequential stool samples. |
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