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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 15, 2003; 9(8): 1834-1835
Published online Aug 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1834
Published online Aug 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1834
Table 2 Comparison of wet mount+Lugol’s iodine, modi-fied formol ethyl acetate methods with trichrome staining method
Modified formol ethyl acetate (%) | Wet mount+Lugol’s iodine staining (%) | |
Sensitivity | 64 | 36 |
Specificity | 99 | 98 |
False negatives | 36 | 64 |
False positives | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Positive predictive value | 90 | 63 |
Negative predictive value | 97 | 95 |
Rate of accuracy | 97 | 93 |
- Citation: Ustun S, Dagci H, Aksoy U, Guruz Y, Ersoz G. Prevalence of amebiasis in inflammatory bowel disease in Turkey. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9(8): 1834-1835
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v9/i8/1834.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1834