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      Identification of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in fecal smears stained with Heidenhain's iron hematoxylin Translated title: Identificação de oocistos de Cryptosporidium em esfregaços fecais corados pela hematoxilina férrica de Heidenhain

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          There is no paucity of methods for diagnosing Cryptosporidium spp. infection. The merits of immunoassays notwithstanding, microscopic identification of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in fecal samples remains an important diagnostic procedure. It owes the persistence of its use to such characteristics as dispensing with expensive equipment and kits, requiring only basic laboratory facilities, and having a low probability of false positive results when permanent slides are prepared, which can be re-examined in case of doubt. Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts can be readily identified in fecal smears prepared according to a regressive iron hematoxylin staining technique. The number of steps and their duration, as well as costs, were reduced to a minimum without loss of image quality and permanence of the preparations.

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          Não há carência de métodos para o diagnóstico da infecção por Cryptosporidium spp. Apesar dos méritos dos imunoensaios, a identificação de oocistos em amostras de fezes permanece um importante recurso diagnóstico que deve a persistência de seu uso a certas características, como dispensar o uso de "kits" e equipamentos dispendiosos, exigindo apenas instrumental básico de laboratório, além de oferecer poucas probabilidades de resultados falsos-positivos, uma vez que as preparações permanentes podem ser examinadas novamente em caso de dúvida. Os oocistos de Cryptosporidium spp. podem ser facilmente identificados em esfregaços preparados segundo a técnica regressiva de coloração pela hematoxilina férrica. Procurou-se reduzir ao mínimo o número de etapas da técnica e sua duração, assim como o custo, sem perda da qualidade das imagens e da durabilidade das preparações.

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                Journal
                rimtsp
                Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
                Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo
                Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                1678-9946
                December 2001
                : 43
                : 6
                : 341-342
                Affiliations
                [01] São Paulo orgnameUniversidade de São Paulo orgdiv1Faculdade de Medicina orgdiv2Laboratório de Investigação Médica/Parasitologia Brasil
                Article
                S0036-46652001000600009 S0036-4665(01)04300609
                10.1590/S0036-46652001000600009
                c37fb0f6-722b-4ccd-a703-ea362e26fec6

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 25 September 2001
                : 12 September 2001
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                Regressive iron hematoxylin staining,Cryptosporidium spp.

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