Comparison between Direct Stool Examination and Culture Technique in Diagnosis of Giardia lamblia in Patient’s attending to Kosti Teaching Hospital, White Nile State, Sudan

Abstract

Giardia lamblia is the most common flagellate of the intestinal tract, causing Giardiasis. It is more common in warm climates and the humans are the only important reservoir of the infection in parts of the world where sanitation is poor. The aimed of the current comparative study design is to compare between direct stool examination and culture technique for Giardia lamblia among patients suffering from Giardiasis attending Kosti Teaching Hospital, Kosti Locality, White Nile State, Sudan during the year 2015. The data were collected using questionnaire and by the Stool examination. Two techniques Direct Stool Examination and Culture Technique were used. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Sixty samples of stool of those who suffered from Giardia disease have been checked randomly. 33.3% of the samples have been tested directly, while the other samples 66.7% have been tested through culture technique. Our results stated that testing the parasite of Giardia lamblia through culture technique is better than testing of stool directly. Finally the study recommended that it is necessary more useful true and more accurate for fitness of peoples using culture technique for testing the parasite of Giardia lamblia than direct examination technique.