title: Value of the agar plate method for the diagnosis of intestinal strongyloidiasis.
abstract: An agar plate method for the diagnosis of intestinal strongyloidiasis was compared to the standard formalin-ethyl acetate concentration method. A total of 13 of 225 patients with eosinophilia had positive stools for strongyloides larva by agar plate compared to six of 225 by the formalin-ethyl acetate method (P = .0455). Nine positive stool specimens by the agar plate method were tested by the Baermann technique, and five were positive. The agar plate method is a sensitive and efficient technique for the diagnosis of strongyloidiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, College of Medicine, Mountain Home, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D000362:Agar; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D005557:Formaldehyde; C007650:ethyl acetate; D000362:Agar