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PARASITOLOGY part 2:

DIAGNOSTIC PARASTILOGY
SPECIMEN TYPES
Stool = most common
Tissue = e.g. Trypanosoma cruzi
Urine = e.g. Trichomonas
vaginalis
Sputum = e.g. Paragonimus
westermani
Blood = e.g. Plasmodium spp.
COLLECTION OF FECAL SPECIMENS
Stool Examination: Fecalysis
Thumb sized (2-4 g)
Dry clean, wide mouth container with
spoon
LABEL!!!
COLLECTION OF FECAL SPECIMENS
Free from contamination
Liquid stool = trophozoite
Formed stool = ova/cyts
Should be processed
within 2 hours
Preservative: 10% formalin
METHODS OF STOOL
EXAMINATION
a. Gross Examination
Stool Color
-Normal: brownish
-Abnormal: red, bloody mucus
*FOBT = Fecal Occult Blood
Test
METHODS OF STOOL
EXAMINATION
Stool consistency
-Formed, semi-formed,
mushy, liquid
Gross Examination may
detect adult forms
METHODS OF STOOL EXAMINATION
a. Microscopic Examination
Wet mounts
-Direct wet mount
-Saline wet mount
=fecal emulsion
=preserve trophozoite
-Iodine wet mount = Protozoan cysts
COLLECTION OF BLOOD SPECIMENS
Plasmodium
Filarial
Trypanosoma
Leishmania

Site: Palmar surface of the distal end of


rd th
the 3 or 4 finger of the non-dominant
COLLECTION OF SCOTCH TAPE SWAB
For detection of
Enterobius vermicularis
Scotch cellulose
adhesive tape method
SCOTCH CELLULOSE
ADHESIVE TAPE METHOD
COLLECTION OF SCOTCH TAPE SWAB
For detection of
Enterobius vermicularis
Scotch cellulose
adhesive tape method
COLLECTION VIA VAGINAL SWAB
Trichomonas vaginalis

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