Comparison of polyvinyl alcohol- and formalin-preserved fecal specimens in the formalin-ether sedimentation technique for parasitological examination.

AUTOR(ES)

Carroll, M J

RESUMO

A total of 965 paired fecal specimens preserved in polyvinyl alcohol fixative and Formalin were processed by the Formalin-ether sedimentation technique. The effectiveness of the concentration procedures with material from each preservative was determined by comparing both diagnostic efficiency (percent identified) and quantitative egg and semiquantitative cyst counts. Of the 319 infections, 69.5% were detected in concentrates from both preservatives, 6.9% from polyvinyl alcohol only, and 23.5% from Formalin only. The egg and cyst counts were consistently higher from the specimens preserved in Formalin for most of the species of organisms recovered. These findings strongly support the use of Formalin-fixed specimens for the Formalin-ether concentration technique.

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