This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Peters, C S Articles by Kocka, F E Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Peters, C S Articles by Kocka, F E

Cost containment of formalin-preserved stool specimens for ova and parasites from outpatients.

Division of Microbiology, Cook County Hospital--Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, Chicago, Illinois 60612.

ABSTRACT

Three individual formalinized stool specimens from each of 123 patients were pooled and examined for ova and parasites. Results obtained from the pooled specimens were compared with those obtained with the three individual specimens used to make the pooled specimens. Of 123 sets examined, 92 were negative and 31 were positive for ova and parasites. The pooled specimens were positive and all individual specimens were negative eight times, whereas the pooled specimens were negative and the individual specimens were positive twice. The data indicated that the pooled system is a useful and economical method of screening for ova and parasites.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Cartwright, C. P. (1999). Utility of Multiple-Stool-Specimen Ova and Parasite Examinations in a High-Prevalence Setting. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 2408-2411 [Abstract] [Full Text]