Wet mounting using iodine-glycerol provides a semi-permanent preparation for microscopic observation of faecal parasites

J Med Microbiol. 2008 May;57(Pt 5):679-680. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47851-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Eukaryota / isolation & purification
  • Feces / parasitology*
  • Glycerol*
  • Helminths / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Iodine*
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Preservation, Biological / methods*

Substances

  • Iodine
  • Glycerol