Opportunistic protozoa in HIV seropositive cases and best stool concentration technique for detection
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Materials and methods Stool specimen from HIV infected patients (n=100) were included. Each time specimens were divided into two portions of which one was plain and second part mixed with 10% buffered formalin saline in 3:1 ratio. Blood samples were collected for lymphocyte counts. Samples were processed and compared with Formal-Ether sedimentation and Sheather’s sugar floatation technique for the detection of oocysts.
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