This article presents an improvement to the Kato-Katz (KK) method, making it faster and more efficient for the visualisation of fertile eggs in stool samples. This modified KK method uses sodium acetate formalin as a fixative and reveals the intensity of infection in less than 1 h, reducing the diagnostic time without increasing the cost. This modified method may contribute to future epidemiolo...

Clostridium Difficile Toxin A+B Rapid Test provides a procedure for a qualitative detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB) in two separate bands. A positive band of either toxin is a sign of an underlying Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), which should attract the attention of the physician. Samples used are liquid or semi-liquid human stool samples. Care must be...

The observation that pneumococci when grown in an anaerobic atmosphere with 10% CO2 produce characteristically large colonies (Howden, 1976) called for a simple rapid confirmatory test; in this way a precise report could be issued on the morning of isolation. Hawn and Beebe (1965) described a solubility test for aerobic pneumococcal colonies using a sodium deoxycholate solution (pH 70). Aerobic...

Enzymic Conversion of Maltose into Unfermentable Carbohydrate: S. C. Pan, A. A. Andreasen, and Paul Kolachov.115 Activation of Arginase in Vitro by Mouse Carcass Extract and the Cobalt Ion: 0. B. Wiswell .117 Further Study of the Role of Hyaluronidase in the Fertilization of Rabbit Ova in Vivo: M. C. Chang ...... ........................... 118 A Simple Staining Technique for Detecting Virus Di...

Rapid identification of Proteus species can represent a significant saving of time in the medical bacteriology laboratory. It is usually 2 days from receipt of the specimen to the reading of the differential slant. At this point, it is customary to inoculate one of the urea media (Edwards and Ewing, Identification of Enterobacteriaceae, Burgess Publishing Co., Minneapolis, 1955), read the resul...

Background: Brucellosis is one of the endemic and a Zoonotic disease of the Iran. Science the rapid diagnosis and quick treatment are very important, selection of a sensitive and specific test solving this problem is of a great importance. The main aim of this study is comparison of routine serologic test with standard Elisa test. Materials and methods: In this survey, 176 suspected patient...

background community acquired pneumonia (cap) is a common health concern and the main mortality factor worldwide. nowadays, legionella pneumophila is one of the most common microorganisms responsible for cap. we designed this study to investigate the antigen test as a useful, simple and rapid test for early diagnosis of legionella pneumophila. materials and methods we enrolled 118 patients (32 ...

this prospective clinical study was performed to investigate the colonization of h pylori in adenoid and tonsil tissues by using the campylobacter-like organism (clo) test. included in the study were 56 patients aged 3 to 43 yrs who had undergone adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy procedures under general anesthesia. two-mm diameter tissue pieces of adenoid and tonsil specimens ...

To detect the presence of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in infected allantoic fluid (AF) of SPF embryonated eggs rapid hemagglutination (HA) activity after treatment with neuraminidase enzyme was used. Twenty IBV suspected materials were inoculated in SPF embryonated eggs via chorioallantoic cavity. Harvested AFs were treated with neuraminidase enzyme and the presence of IBV was detected by...