METHOD FOR PREPARING STOOL SAMPLE, SOLUTION FOR PREPARING STOOL SAMPLE AND STOOL COLLECTION KIT

摘要

The present invention relates to the providing of a method for preparing a stool sample that enables a nucleic acid in a stool to be stably preserved without requiring a complex procedure, a solution for preparing a stool sample, a stool collection kit used in that method, and a method for recovering and analyzing a nucleic acid in a stool using a stool sample prepared using the preparation method of the present invention. A method for preparing a stool sample according to the present invention is a method for preparing a stool sample being used for analyzing a nucleic acid contained in the stool, and is characterized in that a collected stool is mixed with a solution having a protease inhibitor as an active ingredient.