Evaluation of lacto-phenol cotton blue for wet mount preparation of feces.

Abstract

The use of lacto-phenol cotton blue (LPCB) stain for wet mount preparation of stools to demonstrate intestinal parasites by routine microscopy was evaluated in this study. LPCB-stained trophozoites and cysts and helminthic ova could easily be detected and identified in LPCB wet mounts of stools. The stain is recommended for routine use in the wet mount preparation of stools in a parasitology laboratory.

• Authors: S C Parija, P K Prabhakar
• Journal: Journal of clinical microbiology (J Clin Microbiol) Vol. 33 Issue 4 Pg. 1019-21 (Apr 1995) ISSN: 0095-1137 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7540624 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Benzenesulfonates
• Lactates
• Phenols
• Lactic Acid
• lactophenol cotton blue

Topics

• Ancylostomatoidea (isolation & purification)
• Animals
• Ascaris lumbricoides (isolation & purification)
• Benzenesulfonates
• Entamoeba histolytica (isolation & purification)
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Feces (parasitology)
• Female
• Giardia lamblia (isolation & purification)
• Humans
• Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic (diagnosis, parasitology)
• Lactates
• Lactic Acid
• Parasitology (methods)
• Phenols
• Staining and Labeling (methods)
• Taenia (isolation & purification)
• Trichuris (isolation & purification)