Practical Guide to Diagnostic Parasitology. Lynne Shore Garcia

testing for diarrheal diseases in the hospital. JAMA 263:979–982.

Table 3.2 Approaches to stool parasitology: test ordering

Table 3.3 Preservatives and procedures commonly used in diagnostic parasitology (stool specimens)

Table 3.4 Advantages of thin and thick blood films

Table 3.5 Advantages and disadvantages of buffy coat films

Table 3.6 Potential problems of using EDTA anticoagulant for the preparation of thin and thick blood films

Table 3.7 Body sites and possible parasites recovered^a

      ^aThis table does not include every possible parasite that could be found in a particular body site. However, the most likely organisms have been listed. Modified from L. S. Garcia, Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, 5th ed., ASM Press, Washington, DC, 2007.

      ^bDisseminated in severely immunosuppressed individuals.