title: Negative staining method with nigrosin for the detection of cryptosporidial oocysts: a comparative study.
abstract: A comparison was made between two methods for the detection of cryptosporidial oocysts in human faecal sediments of formalin-ether concentrates: a cover-slipped, wet method (containing Gram's iodine) and an air-dried, negative staining method using nigrosin solution. A modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique was used as a reference method. The negative staining method with nigrosin gave a positive diagnosis more often than the cover-slipped wet method. A comparison of the nigrosin method with the modified Ziehl-Neelsen method gave almost identical results. Restaining the nigrosin slides with the modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique showed that the round, refractile bodies were cryptosporidial occysts.
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D003044:Coccidia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; C002712:nigrosin