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Table 2 Comparative analysis of three methods for the diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis in 27 positive stool samples from Yirgalem Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2007.

From: Cryptosporidium and Strongyloides stercoralis infections among people with and without HIV infection and efficiency of diagnostic methods for Strongyloides in Yirgalem Hospital, southern Ethiopia

Parasitological diagnostic technique

Positive for S. stercoralis

McNemar's Chi-square

(df = 1)

One sided P- value

 

Number

Percent

  

Water- emergence

23

85.2

4.57

0.033

Direct saline mount

15

55.6

  

Water- emergence

23

85.2

5.40

0.020

Formol-ether

14

51.9

  

Direct saline mount

15

55.6

0.33

0.564

Formol-ether

14

51.9

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