Enteric Protozoan Parasitosis and Associated Factors among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana

Table 4

Recovery rate of the different parasitic examination methods.

Diagnostic technique	No. of parasites detected	Percentage (%)
Direct wet mount with and without Lugol’s iodine	30	12.5
Formol-ether concentration with Lugol’s iodine	42	17.5
Modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining	46	19.2