Usefulness of Kato-Katz and trichrome staining as diagnostic methods for parasitic infections in clinical laboratories

摘要

Objectives:To assess the efficacy of the Kato-Katz technique and to re-evaluate other routine procedures conducted in the Microbiology Clinical Laboratory at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) and to throw light on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among a small group of food handlers in Muscat.