Abstract
In a multicenter study, potassium dichromate-preserved stools from patients infected with Cryptosporidium parvum (n = 20), C. hominis (n = 20), and other Cryptosporidium species (n = 10) and 60 controls were examined using four immunochromatographic assays. Assay sensitivity ranged between 50.1% and 86.7% for C. parvum and C. hominis but was <35% for other species.
Publication types
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Evaluation Study
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Multicenter Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Antigens, Protozoan / analysis*
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
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Cryptosporidiosis / diagnosis*
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Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology
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Cryptosporidium / immunology
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Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification*
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Feces / parasitology*
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Humans
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Immunoassay / methods
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Parasitology / methods*
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Sensitivity and Specificity