Incidence of Coccidiosis in the Arakan
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Writer's own observations.?The. writer in the Arakan on tlie Eastern Frontier of South Bengal encountered 14 cases during a period of about 7 months and the findings are condensed in the table appended. During this period, examinations of more than 6,000 specimens of stool were undertaken from over 1,000 cases, both British and Indian soldiers fighting in this area. Twelve cases out of 14 were diagnosed by direct examination of stool slides and the remaining 2 (cases 9 and 11) by Sheather's concentration method (sugar flotation) . Duodenal fluids were examined in 2 cases (cases 8 and 12) with negative results. A series of more than 50 cases of diarrhoea showing Charcot-Leyden crystals and fat were examined by Sheather's concentration method without any promising result. Charcot-Leyden crystals, fairly constant in this infection, were absent in 2 cases (cases 5 and 13). Fatty acid crystals and fat globules were present only in 3 fcases (1, 3 and 8). Most of the
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