ArticleTropical medicine & international health : TM & IH2010
Differentiating Taenia eggs found in human stools: does Ziehl-Neelsen staining help?
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- Parasitic infections and resource economy of Danish Iron Age settlement through ancient DNA sequencing.PloS one · 2018Article
- Ancient DNA from latrines in Northern Europe and the Middle East (500 BC-1700 AD) reveals past parasites and diet.PloS one · 2018Article
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- Laboratory diagnosis of Taenia asiatica in humans and animals.Tropical parasitology · 2013Article
- Application of Ziehl Neelsen Staining Method forIranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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objectiveTo determine whether Ziehl-Neelsen staining can differentiate Taenia solium from Taenia saginata eggs.
methodsTapeworm proglottids (33 specimens, 23 T. solium and 10 T. saginata) and eggs (31 specimens, 13 T. solium and 18 T. saginata) were stained. Four eggs from each sample were measured and average diameters were recorded.
resultsTaenia saginata eggs stained entirely magenta in seven of 13 cases. Taenia solium eggs stained entirely blue/purple in 4/18 cases and entirely magenta in one. Eggs of T. saginata were slightly larger and always ovoid, while T. solium eggs were smaller and mostly spheric.
conclusionsZiehl-Neelsen staining can occasionally distinguish fully mature T. solium from T. saginata eggs, but this distinction is neither very sensitive nor completely specific. Differential staining suggests differences in embryophore components between species which become evident with egg maturation. In this small series, egg morphology (shape, maximal diameter) provided appropriate differentiation between T. solium and T. saginata eggs.
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