Cytocentrifuged biopsy fixative preparation: A simple cost-effective technique facilitating microscopic diagnosis of lumen-dwelling intestinal parasites

• Main Authors: Prashant Joshi (Author), Prasenjit Das (Author), Venkateswaran Iyer (Author), Siddharth Datta Gupta (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Objective: Direct microscopic visualization is the most specific method for detecting intestinal parasites and is commonly achieved by stool examination or mucosal biopsy. However, postfixation, the intestinal biopsy fragment is often curled, and the entire surface of the biopsied mucosa is seldom v...