Each kit includes materials to conduct 500 sample tests according to the current who standard of fecal sample sizes of 41. The kato technique is now most commonly used for detecting schistosome eggs. The kato power pack provides analog dc power with simplified wiring connections for our feeder track pieces. Easy to use fieldbased test kit for the kato katz technique in a lightweight and portable box. Practica 2 tecnicas coproparasitologicas slideshare. Prinsip dari metode ini sama dengan metode direct slidedengan penambahan pemberian selophane tape yang sudah direndam dengan malanchit green sebagai. Metode kato katz metode ini dapat digunakan untuk pemeriksaan kuantitatif maupun kualitatif tinja. All of them were detected by kato katz followed by the fec 70% and direct smear 32. Kato katz technique is used for qualitative and semiquantitative diagnosis of intestinal helminthic infestations. When the coprotest method was negative, 65 epg of trichuris trichiura were found by the kato katz method and when the coprotest was positive the epg according to the kato katz were far higher, 199 epg, which demonstrated that the coprotest was inferior to the kato. Who has recommended kato katz technique in areas with moderate to high transmission rates of soil transmitted helminths i. Kato katz technique cellophane faecal thick smear pdf, 123kb. It has in the past been used for other helminth eggs as well.
The kato technique also called the kato katz technique is a laboratory method for preparing human stool samples prior to searching for parasite eggs. The kato katz thick smear method, which is the most widely used technique to assess soiltransmitted helminth prevalence and infection intensities in epidemiological surveys and helminth control programs, is a cheap and simple method but lacks sensitivity for the detection of lowintensity soiltransmitted helminth infections. The present study compared the kato katz thick smear and formol ether sedimentation techniques in the diagnosis of schistosoma mansoni infections. Table 1 shows that the total number of helminthic infections was 40. Diagnostic accuracy of katokatz, flotac, baermann, and.