title: The Kato-Katz method is reliable for diagnosis of Clonorchis sinensis infection.
abstract: We evaluated the sensitivity of three fecal examination methods, the Kato-Katz (KK) method, formalin-ether technique (FE) and direct smear, for the diagnosis of clonorchiasis. The KK method proved to be most sensitive in six groups with different egg counts. In cases of extremely light infection FE was found to be more sensitive than KK.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 110-799 Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Min-Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chung-Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung-Suk
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003003:Clonorchiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003004:Clonorchis sinensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods