title: Efficacy of agar-plate culture in detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection.
abstract: Agar-plate culture of feces using a modified petri dish proved to be highly efficient in the detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Furrows left by S. stercoralis on the agar plate were distinguished readily in size from those left by Necator americanus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arakaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeshiro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D013321:Strongyloides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*