SECTION 5 Specific Test Procedures and Algorithms
SEDIMENTATION CONCENTRATION (Formalin-Ethyl Acetate)
FLOTATION CONCENTRATION (Zinc Sulfate)
Stains Used in the Permanent Stained Smear
TRICHROME STAIN (Wheatley’s Method)
IRON HEMATOXYLIN STAIN (Spencer-Monroe Method)
IRON HEMATOXYLIN STAIN (Tompkins-Miller Method)
MODIFIED IRON HEMATOXYLIN STAIN (Incorporating the Carbol Fuchsin Step)
Specialized Stains for Coccidia and Microsporidia
KINYOUN’S ACID-FAST STAIN (Cold Method)
MODIFIED ZIEHL-NEELSEN ACID-FAST STAIN (Hot Method)
CARBOL FUCHSIN NEGATIVE STAIN FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM (W. L. Current)
RAPID SAFRANIN METHOD FOR CRYPTOSPORIDIUM (D. Baxby)
RAPID SAFRANIN METHOD FOR CYCLOSPORA, USING A MICROWAVE OVEN (Govinda Visvesvara)
AURAMINE O STAIN FOR COCCIDIA (Thomas Hänscheid)
MODIFIED TRICHROME STAIN FOR MICROSPORIDIA (Weber, Green Counterstain)
MODIFIED TRICHROME STAIN FOR MICROSPORIDIA (Ryan, Blue Counterstain)
MODIFIED TRICHROME STAIN FOR MICROSPORIDIA (Evelyn Kokoskin, Hot Method)
Fecal Immunoassays for Intestinal Protozoa
Comments on the Performance of Fecal Immunoassays
HARADA-MORI FILTER PAPER STRIP CULTURE
AGAR PLATE CULTURE FOR STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
Other Methods for Gastrointestinal Tract Specimens
EXAMINATION FOR PINWORM (Cellulose Tape Preparations)
SIGMOIDOSCOPY SPECIMENS (Direct Wet Smear)
SIGMOIDOSCOPY SPECIMENS (Permanent Stained Smear)
Methods for Urogenital Tract Specimens
URINE CONCENTRATION (Centrifugation)
URINE CONCENTRATION (Nuclepore Membrane Filter)