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Evaluation of Commercial Concentration Methods for Microscopic Diagnosis of Protozoa and Helminths in Human Stool Samples in a Non-Endemic Area

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The diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections still widely relies on microscopic examination of stools and requires reliable reagents and staff expertise. The ParaFlo (R) assays (Eurobio Ingen) are ready-to-use concentration methods for parasite egg detection, and they could improve reagent traceability and ease of manipulation. Ninety-three stool samples were analyzed with the ParaFlo (R) concentration methods and then compared with routine microscopic methods for protozoa and helminth detection: seventy-eight were analyzed with ParaFlo (R) Bailenger and in-house Thebault or Bailenger concentrations, and fifty-five were analyzed with ParaFlo (R) DC and the in-house merthiolateformalin diphasic concentration (DC) method. Fully concordant results were obtained for 75%, 70%, and 69% of samples when comparing ParaFlo (R) DC and in-house DC, ParaFlo (R) Bailenger and in-house Bailenger, and ParaFlo (R) Bailenger and Thebault, respectively. The performances of the ParaFlo (R) assays did not differ statistically from that obtained with their in-house counterparts (Bailenger and DC) for the detection of protozoa, but ParaFlo (R) Bailenger performed significantly poorer than the Thebault method (p < 0.001). No statistical differences were observed between the commercial and in-house methods for helminth detection. These marketed concentration methods could be used in routine if combined with other techniques for protozoa detection.
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Brice Autier, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Florence Robert-Gangneux. Evaluation of Commercial Concentration Methods for Microscopic Diagnosis of Protozoa and Helminths in Human Stool Samples in a Non-Endemic Area. Microorganisms, 2022, 10 (6), pp.1237. ⟨10.3390/microorganisms10061237⟩. ⟨hal-03763133⟩
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