Research Article
Intestinal Parasitic Infection and Associated Risk Factors among HIV-Infected Patients Seeking Healthcare in a Rural Hospital in Ghana
Table 2
Parasites and their stages identified in stool samples using various detection techniques.
| Parameter | Total | Wet prep | FECT | Both wet prep and FECT |
| Parasitic agent | A. lumbricoides | 4 (1.19) | 3 (0.90) | 1 (0.30) | 0 (0.00) | E. histolytica/dispar | 3 (0.90) | 3 (0.90) | 1 (0.30) | 1 (0.30) | G. lamblia | 10 (2.99) | 10 (2.99) | 2 (0.60) | 2 (0.60) | T. trichiura | 3 (0.90) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (0.90) | 0 (0.00) | Total | 20 (5.97) | 16 (4.78) | 7 (2.09) | 3 (0.90) |
| Stage of parasitic agent | Trophozoites | 11 (3.28) | 11 (3.28) | — | | Egg | 5 (1.49) | 5 (1.49) | — | | Cyst | 7 (2.09) | — | 7 (2.09) | |
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Data are presented as figures with corresponding percentages in parentheses. FECT = formol-ether concentration techniques; Prep = preparation.
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