title: Correlation of egg counts of Clonorchis sinensis by three methods of fecal examination.
abstract: The Kato-Katz (KK) method is a well-known method of fecal examination for helminthiases. Its diagnostic sensitivity was found very high for clonorchiasis. The present study evaluated the correlation of Clonorchis sinensis egg counts by the KK method with those by direct smear and formalin-ether (FE) technique. The egg counts obtained by the KK method (Y) were correlated with the counts by direct smear (X) with the equation of Y = 659.4 + 0.266X (r2 = 0.738), but not with those by the FE method. The present study demonstrated that the KK method and direct smear were useful for both qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of clonorchiasis, especially in the field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Infectious Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Shang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Sung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002476:Cellophane; D003003:Clonorchiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D003004:Clonorchis sinensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004986:Ether; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004986:Ether; D005557:Formaldehyde; D002476:Cellophane