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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