Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance

Table. 1. Table 1

Detection of intestinal parasites that cause diarrhea in 84 specimens, using ELISA and PCR-based methods

Diagnostics	Negative	Positive	Details
Microscopy	82	0
ELISA for Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum	82	0
PCR for Dientamoeba fragilis	72	10
PCR for Blastocystis hominis	80	2
xTAG for E. histolytica, G. lamblia, and C. parvum	79	3	C. parvum (n=2), G. lamblia (n=1)

Abbreviations: ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.